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A group of Tibetans in the United States will once again bike ride for Tibet's Independence. Jigme Norbu from Indiana and Rinpo Tenzin from Minnesota will lead eight other Tibetans from California, Chicago, and Washington, DC in this 240+ mile action.

The four-day China Trade Fair kicked off here in Kathmandu on Friday. The trade fair is aimed at promoting Chinese products in Nepal and exploring possibilities of Chinese investment in Nepal, organisers said.

The residence of the Chinese ambassador here was vandalised and a Chinese consulate in Osaka received a threatening letter yesterday in apparent retaliation for violent anti-Japan protests in China.

The Dharamsala Information Technology Group was launched today to tackle Information Technology development in the region. The Tibetan Computer Resource Center and leading IT professionals in Dharamsala, India formed the new group

A new series of photographs obtained by ICT shows the extent of construction and development in Lhasa for the new Qinghai-Tibet Autonomous Region railroad.

Social responsibility is an issue corporations ignore at their peril, as Bombardier Inc. is discovering. The transportation giant is the target of an international lobbying campaign aimed at stopping its involvement in a controversial rail project in Chinese-occupied Tibet.

The Dalai Lama is heading a campaign to stop the illegal wildlife trade that devastates populations of endangered Himalayan and sub-Himalayan animals.

The preliminary rounds of election for the post of welfare officer of Dharamshala was held today. Polling booths have been set up at eight different areas in and around Dharamshala.

We are delighted that two of our supporters, Richard Tippett and Lisa Weekes are running the London Marathon on Sunday, 17 April 2005 for the Tibet Foundation.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday left Kumamoto prefecture from Fukoka airport and arrived at Kanazawa at to be received by the members of the Bushokai Foundation.