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The Principal of Cottage Grove, a high school in Oregon, US, has written to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration praising its only Tibetan student Tenzin Nyandak.

Tibet Foundation had two runners, Richard Tippett and Lisa Weekes complete the London Marathon on Sunday, 17 April 2005. Both were congratulated at the finish by Karma Hardy, Director of Tibet Foundation

His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulated His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI who was elected yesterday by the conclave of cardinals in a closed door election as thousands of Catholics waited outside St. Peters Square at the Vatican City for their new leader.

On the eve of an official visit to China by French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Reporters Without Borders today reminded him of the serious press freedom violations there and urged him, in particular

The organizers of the Dalai Lama's visit to Mexico in October 2004, Casa Tibet Mexico and Loseling Institute of Mexico, donated 500 thousand US dollars from the proceeds of the visit to five humanitarian projects.

A Tibetan nun who now lives in Western Montana has undertaken a new project to help the country she left behind. At her side are Montana friends and Buddhists who want to help.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday met with the abbot of Nishi Ongangji, one of the most important Buddhist temples in Japan. It is said that there are about 10000 temples under Nishi Ongangji.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama had a day’s rest on 15 April. His Holiness granted audience to a group of Japanese priests, President of Goi Peace Foundation and a group of Korean Buddhists who have come all the way from Korea

On 13 April 2005, State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has released a White Paper entitled China's Progress in Human Rights in 2004.

The security breach at the Indian Institute of Science during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit is a signal to the Dalai Lama that Tibetan youths are against his "middle way approach" towards China.