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A Tibetan immigrant who came to the United States as a child was killed in combat in Iraq on Saturday, the Pentagon said Monday.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will arrive in Tokyo on 8 April for an eleven day visit to Japan. His Holiness will give a public lecture titled 'Compassion in Human Relations' at Ryogoku Kukugikan, in Tokyo in the afternoon of 9 April 2005.

"Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World" was a coup for the museum world. The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art of Santa Ana, California, worked with Tibet's Bureau of Cultural Relics and the staff of Lhasa's three central cultural institutions

On March 27th 2005, the members of the RTYC NY & NJ elected its new executive board members. The new 8th session's board members will serve for the next two years (2005-2007). The total of ten new board members were elected.

"We are disappointed by the Chinese government's closure of a website devoted to Tibetan culture in Tibet," said Kalon Lobsang Nyandak Zayul, Kalon for the Departments of Finance and Information and International Relations of the CTA based in Dharamsala.

Song Deheng, the consul general at the Chinese consulate at Mumbai has said that Tibetan Spiritual leader, Dalai Lama was a separatist.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered special prayers for His Holiness Pope John Paul II yesterday during the last leg of his three-week teachings.

Five years into China's highly touted "Great Western Development Program" and results are mixed in the legendary city of Kashgar where many Uighur Muslims see it as the "great western rip-off".

His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his sadness over the worsening health of Pope John Paul II as the Vatican prepares for his approaching death.

The Festival of Tibet, a showcase of Tibetan art, history and culture, opened March 30 at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York.