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If there is one man who can spoil the big party New Delhi and Beijing are planning next month—Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will be here mid-April—he is the Dalai Lama, the revered leader of the Tibetan people, long exiled in India.

The Dalai Lama, on the 46th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese occupation, reiterated his earlier stance that Tibet does not seek independence from China.

Australia was about to enter a quick-buck trade deal with a country that severely oppressed its citizens, the Australian Democrats said today.

Sikkim's predominant Buddhist community held an auspicious ceremony prayer for world peace in a newly build monastery in Gangtok over the weekend.

"Les Amis du Tibet" (friends of Tibet) and Tibetan Community in Belgium have organized a big demonstration to commemorate March 10 and to show their dissatisfaction with the annulment of the visit of His Holiness.

The annual peaceful protest commenced this afternoon at 4:30 pm in Northampton, Massachusetts. This year marks the 46th anniversary of the nonviolent resistance by the Tibetans in Lhasa, Tibet in 1959.

A photo exhibition held here titled 'Buddha Home Coming' pays tribute to Tibetans, his holiness the Dalai Lama and their magnanimous host, the people of India.

Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Li Zaoxing will arrive here on an official visit to Nepal in the first week of April, media reports said.

Speaking at a Tibet Day function here this afternoon to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the Tibetan national uprising day, veteran parliamentarian Mr. Michael Trend assured the Tibetans that British supporters of their just cause will not let them down.

The International Campaign for Tibet urged the European Union on Friday not to lift its arms embargo on China because of Beijing's poor human rights record.