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When Nepal's King Gyanendra seized control of the government and sacked the cabinet on Feb. 1, most Nepal-watchers were surprised.

Over 700 eager and passionate Tibetans of New York and New Jersey thronged inside the Armenian Church in Manhattan, New York to celebrate the 2nd annual Tibet Fest – an evening of Tibetan cultural dance, music and songs

As the Tibetan people wait for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's national address of 10 March, hackers in Beijing are working overtime to sabotage the cyber world of Tibet movement.

The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, who came from Tibet on exile to India more than five years ago, on Monday said that he wants to remain in India, the birthplace of Buddhism.

Eleven young children aged between 13 and 15, with two teachers from the Tibetan Homes Foundation in Mussoorie, northern India, visited the United Kingdom from 20 January to 14 February 2005 at the invitation of London based Tibet Foundation.

The track for China's controversial railway to Tibet will be completed this year and trial runs on the line begin in the summer of 2006, the country's railway minister said Monday.

The town of Oloron Sainte-Marie, near Pau in the Pyrenees in the South West of France dedicated a traffic circle in the town as the "Free Tibet" Circle on March 5.

Diminutive Tsering Youdon stood out among gold medalists, in her distinctive Tibetan dress with a quiet satisfaction at winning the Shakespeare Society gold medal.

Mundgod Doeguling Tibetan Settlement consists of nine Camps, one old Age home, one Senior Secondary School and several primary, junior and middle Schools besides major monasteries and nunnery in a total population of 14,000 Tibetans.

It was reassuring to find my hero worship of the Dalai Lama shared by Hollywood actress Uma Thurman's dad, Robert Thurman, 63, the Columbia university professor who happens to be America's leading expert on Tibetan Buddhism.