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The Norbulingka Park, a world famous tourist attraction in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, reopened to visitors on Sunday after being closed for four months for a major facelift, park administration announced.

"Dreaming of Tibet," a film about the resilience of the human spirit, screened at the new home of Barcelona's Casa del Tibet on June 11.

Good evening. I want to begin by thanking the Society for Asian Art for inviting me to say a few words this evening, and the Asian Art Museum for hosting us.

Saffron-and-maroon-robed Buddhist monks waxed poetic on the ephemeral nature of the world at a Tibetan festival in Annandale yesterday. But they also urged visitors to help them with a more down-to-earth matter: getting a specialized license plate in Virginia.

They were expecting a blue sea; brown swells of Marine Drive was surprise to three Tibetan nuns on their first visit to a big indian city, since their escape from Tibet last year.

"Tibet: Treasures From the Roof of the World" at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco will probably disappoint only visitors who remember too well the Asian's 1991 exhibition "Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet."

His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Germany this morning for New Delhi after successfully completing his three nation visit. According to the Voice of Tibet radio service, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met yesterday with the officials of the German parliament's

In commemoration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 70th birthday, the Office of Tibet, Taiwan will organise in Taipei a month-long exhibition series titled "Travelling with Love and Wisdom for Seventy Years".

Supporters of a free Tibet chided Canadian airplane and train maker Bombardier for signing a new contract to link large Chinese cities with the Tibetan capital Lhassa by rail.

Canada's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade voted today in support of a motion by Stockwell Day, Official Opposition Foreign Affairs Critic, asking the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of International Trade to testify before the Committee.