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Former Kalon Tashi Wangdi has been appointed the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas. This was announced in a circular issued by the Kashag secretariat today.

As requested by Japan-based Busshokai Foundation through Norbulingka institute, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has kindly consented to bestow Kalachakra initiation in January 2006 at Amravati in Andhra Pradesh.

In a letter addressed to Representative Nawang Rabgyal of the Office of Tibet, the Indian Consul General in New York thanked the Tibetans in North America for their "very generous donation" to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund".

Ask Sangyal Sangmo what it means to walk 260 kilometres from Dharamsala, and she comes across as one quite unimpressed. It is nothing compared to the suffering Tibetans faced in Tibet

He could not make Commencement 2004, but the Dalai Lama has agreed to speak at Rice in September.

According to information received through reliable source, Jamphel Jangchup who was sentenced to 19 years of prison term was released in March 2005, after completing his prison term. Jamphel Jangchup was among 21 Drepung monks who led the first peaceful demonstration on 27 September 1987.

A Tibetan woman accused of falsely declaring herself a Buddhist nun to gain asylum in the United States to flee persecution pleaded not guilty yesterday and is scheduled to go on trial in May.

The Tibetan Womens Peace March reached its 13th day today with the marchers becoming more determined and stronger with each passing day. Pain, blisters and sweat as their second skin

The Dalai Lama may have had to amend his support for a free Ttibet, but for a motley group of students and academics at JNU, a 13-year association with the cause remains undiluted.

The French parliamentary delegation comprising of 13 members of the French parliaments lower chamber called on His Holiness the Dalai Lama today.