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Have you noticed how, in the maps used by various news agencies covering the recent Nepal story, that nation's neighbours are India, Bhutan, and China?

The official visit of the Dalai Lama to Belgium has been rescheduled for 2006 but no exact date has been set. The visit should have taken place this June but was cancelled at the weekend in controversial circumstances.

A senior German politician visiting India on an official trip has met exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in spite of New Delhi's deep reservations about such contacts, officials said.

Free Tibet - from the mining industry, apparently. A recently issued statement by the Office of Tibet, which represents the exiled spiritual leader Dalai Lama

A group of eleven Tibetan refugee children, together with two teachers from the Tibetan Homes Foundation in northern India are currently touring the United Kingdom at the invitation of London based charity – Tibet Foundation.

Belgium admitted today it played a part in the cancellation of a visit by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, to avoid straining Brussels' ties with China ahead of a royal visit there.

The announcement in the Nepali media last week that a bus service will soon be launched between Kathmandu and Lhasa was not news to South Block. For, an agreement on this was signed between Nepal and China last November.

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released its Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet, 2004. The Annual report details the current Human Rights situation in Tibet compiled from independent research

The Chinese government has given U.S. officials a list of 51 political prisoners who have been granted sentence reductions or are being considered for early release

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD) has received information from a reliable source that, Rinzin Wangyal a.k.a Rinwang, 59, died in prison at the end of 2004.