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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.

Today Representative Rohrabacher, Chairman of the International Relations Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, issued a partial list of questions that need to be answered to accurately document the theft of Tibetan property and belongings by the Chinese government.

Exiled Tibet spiritual leader His Highness Dalai Lama told DVB, on 15 June, that He is always praying for Burma's democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and He prays that she would be released soon.

The Dalai Lama said Thursday in Berlin that China's fierce opposition has led him not to visit Taiwan during the past few years. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader made the comments while responding to questions raised by Taiwanese reporters at a press conference.

A three day meeting of the Task Force on Negotiation will be held in New Delhi from 20 –22 June. The last meeting was held in at Gopalpur TCV school in December last year.

It was a grand Buddhist dream envisioned by Thubten J. Norbu, the elder brother of the Dalai Lama. He wanted to build a Tibetan holy place that would rest between the hills and cornfields of his new home of Bloomington, Ind.

Although the official Chinese rhetoric against the Dalai Lama remains unyielding, two immediate high-profile events in the coming weeks could provide an opportunity for the two sides to take a step forward in their current talks about talks on the political future of Tibet.

Former Czech President and dissident Vaclav Havel was among three award-winners today of the high-profile ICT Light of Truth award, presented by the Dalai Lama at the Schiller Theatre in Berlin today.

An association of Tibetan businessmen will be formed in the "First Conference of Tibetan Enterprises in Exile" organised in Delhi by the Department of Finance of Central Tibetan Administration.

Taking a principled stand as opposed to bowing down to China’s pressure, the Prime Minister of Norway, Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, met His Holiness the Dalai Lama here today at his office in the full glare of media photographers.