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China might have used its pressure and got dropped Miss Tibet from the Miss Tourism International Pageant, but South Asian Literary Conference has not only invited a Tibetan refugee poet but listened to his presentation too.

An exhibit of Tibetan art that opened in New York City Feb. 19 has been blasted by activists who claim that the art is the "stolen heritage of the Tibetan people" and is being used as pro-China propaganda.

In this muddy truck stop along the Qinghai-Tibet highway, Zhao, the Chinese owner of the Lanzhou Handmade Noodle Tavern, reminisced about the good old days.

A three-day warm up match between the Indian Cricket Board XI and the Pakistan team will be held at Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh from March 3.

Recent reports have called attention to the widespread rape of Sudanese women and girls in Darfur by janjaweed militiamen intent, according to some of the women, on populating the western region with Arab babies.

Tibetans and rights groups warn that objects soon to be displayed at the newly opened Rubin Museum of Art are stolen. The exhibit, "Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World," is on loan to the museum from the Chinese government

A recent report written by the US-based Tibetan researchers Tashi Rabgey and Tseten Wangchuk Sharlho attempts to provide an assessment of the Sino-Tibetan dialogue process.

It was once said that of all the arts poetry communicated most directly and profoundly to the core of our being, harvesting and reflecting the deepest feelings and notions of self.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will begin the annual public teachings from Thursday. Several thousand devotees from various parts of India and outside India have gathered here for the 14-day teaching on Tsongkhapa's Great Stages of Path (Lamrim Chenmo).

Whenever there is talk about a difference between the situation in Tibet and the one prevailing in China we are left wondering about reasons behind this development.