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The prestigious Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has withdrawn from its role of training Chinese press officials for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after its alumni complained about the lack of press freedom on the mainland.

Movie fans swarmed to theaters in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Friday to watch "Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", the first blockbuster premiering in Tibet simultaneously with elsewhere in the world.

The poaching of tigers from supposedly protected areas in India has got so bad that the Dalai Lama has thrown his weight behind a campaign aimed at changing attitudes among Tibetan expats in that country and in Nepal

During the 12th General Body Meeting of the TYC a resolution was unanimously passed by the largest ever gathering of TYC representatives, directing the TYC central office to issue factual and timely responses to the White Papers that China publishes.

More than 10,000 Tibetans will take part in the Buddha Poornima celebrations on Monday at Bylakuppe in Periyapatna taluk in Mysore district.

The TVA, headed by Rapsel Tsariwa, in liaison with Ex-Varanasi Students' Association of Boudha, has launched an information campaign in Nepal to educate people on the cruelty of the meat industry and to encourage people to adopt a vegetarian diet.

In the present-day contest for hegemony over the "Roof of the World" – Tibet – there are four contending forces of disparate power: the self-proclaimed rule of the People's Republic of China, The Tibetans living thereunder

Six years ago, Tashi Palden joined 54 refugees in Lhasa, Tibet, paid off a smuggler and headed into the wilderness. Destination: Nepal, hundreds of miles away.

The Kathmandu-Lhasa bus service that was suspended due to visa complications resumed today after the government of China eased visa regulations.

As a part of the worldwide celebrations to mark the 70th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual and temporal leader, a unique photographic exhibition will be held in London at Hoopers Gallery