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A visit this week by the Dalai Lama to Switzerland, which will include a meeting with the interior minister, Pascal Couchepin, has angered China

It did not take Swiss photographer Manuel Bauer long to discover the playful side of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader and international

The Dalai Lama's only visit to the traditionally Buddhist Russian republic of Tuva was in 1992. Since then, none of the "very many attempts" to invite him to the republic has come close to success

The ancient Himalayan culture of Tibet—already subject to strict controls from Beijing—is suffering irreparable cultural losses amid increasing burglaries, looting and illegal trade in treasures from its tombs, monasteries and temples, scholars and local residents say.

Kasur Tashi Wangdi today joined the New York's Office of Tibet as the new representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas. He succeeds Dr. Nawang Rabgyal, who will join the DIIR of the CTA by the end of this month.

Recent prospecting in China's southwest Tibet Autonomous Region shows that there has been a breakthrough in the extraction of mineral deposits in the

Carrying the flags of their countries, a group of 17 Tibetan and American supporters will today begin the second day of their 240-plus mile ''March for Tibet's

The Election Commission of the Tibetan government in exile has announced the dates for Assembly polls and the elecion for Kalon Tripa (de facto prime minister) yesterday. The preliminary elections for the 14th Assembly

The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today rejected the concept of a clash of civilizations, calling it "false and dangerous."

The Tibetan Election Commission in Dharamsala has announced on July 29, 2005 the election process for the new Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies and the post of the chairman of the Tibetan Cabinet.