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A decade ago, a six-year-old boy was named by the Dalai Lama as a spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will leave tonight for the kingdom of Jordan. After successfully completing the visit to Dhakpo Shedrup Ling monastery in Kullu, His Holiness left for New Delhi yesterday.

The Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) is holding a candle light vigil at three different areas in Dharamsala today to mark the 10th anniversary of China's abduction of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet.

The Department of Education held a two-day meeting of the heads of the various Tibetan schools in exile beginning on Saturday.

Tens of thousands of Tibetans around the world are offering prayers to the Dalai Lama as Tibet's government-in-exile gears up for a birthday bash for the spiritual leader who turns 70 in July, officials say.

Tibetan Buddhism, at the receiving end of alleged repressive Chinese policies for decades, may now be an instrument of positive change in the strained Sino-Tibetan relations.

Tibetan Volunteers for Animals, a group of some indefatigable volunteers advocating vegetarianism and campaigning for the welfare of all sentient beings and world environment has recently concluded their "north-east campaign" successfully

Kunchok Tenpa and Tsundue Gyamtso are from Sichuan Province in eastern Tibet. The monks reside at Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery located in Dzoge County, Ngaba Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

At the invitation of Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, the EU 'Troika' Foreign Ministers, Jean Asselborn, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Mrs. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations of European Commission

The second bus of the Kathmandu-Lhasa direct bus service that began from May 1 could not set off today due to visa related problems.