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The Australia Tibet Council has criticised a visit to Queensland by a delegation organised by the Chinese Government.

A major tragedy was averted when a bus carrying foreign tourists overturned near McLeodganj last night but was saved from rolling down into a khud after it hit a house along the road.

A conclave of former Kalon Tripas and Kalons was called here Saturday last. Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche presided over the conclave, the third during his administration.

Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche has requested the Tibetans and the Tibet Support Groups in the United States not to stage protests when China President Hu Jintao visits that country later this month

The following is the English translation of the exile Tibetan Administration's statement on the Tibetan Democracy Day on September 2, 2005

Tibetan refugees in the Nepali capital Kathmandu celebrates their 45th democracy day under Nepali authorities restriction. On September 2nd, hundreds of Tibetans including school children gathered at a monastery near the great Buddhist stupa, Boudhanath

China has asked exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, to repent and to give up his quest for 'Tibetan independence' as well as 'Greater Tibet' as the country marked the 40th anniversary of the founding of the TAR.

Even as China celebrates the 40th anniversary of the so-called "Tibet Autonomous Region" amid great fanfare, the Tibetan diaspora yesterday celebrated the 45th year of the exile democracy in high spirit and optimism.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who visits China next week, must push Beijing to deal directly with the Dalai Lama, an international rights group said on Friday.

A new report by ICT, Dangerous Crossing, reveals that dangers for Tibetans escaping from Tibet into exile through Nepal, and those resident in Nepal, have intensified over the past year