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Gyaring and Ngoring lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in northwest China were recently added to the list of designated wetland reserves of international importance, known as Ramsar Wetlands.

Sakya Losal Choe Dzong and its thirteen affiliated Tibetan Buddhist centers across Australia and New Zealand have engaged in helping the victims of Tsunami and the deceased from the beginning when the news of the disaster became known until the 49th day.

The world was shock for the Tsunami disaster which happened on December 26, 2004, just after the Christmas last year. More than 150,000 people lost their lives in just few minutes.

The foundation stone for a Rs 6 crore modern bus stand was laid under the Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) scheme at McLeodganj by the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Mr Virbhadra Singh, on the last leg of his 23-day winter sojourn today.

Authorities in the western Chinese province of Qinghai have jailed five Tibetan monks for two to three years each, apparently for publishing politically sensitive poems, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

Losar, the Tibetan New Year, was the target and the treat was a music bash in the form of the biggest Tibetan concert for its celebration at Bylakuppe.

The discovery of a large Tibetan religious site in Shiqu County in southwest China's Sichuan Province was announced recently.

Mountain areas have long been recognised as being vulnerable to global warming, with rising temperatures damaging a fragile habitat for wildlife and threatening the future of low-altitude ski resorts.

Aid projects funded by India in Nepal have ground to a halt this month as New Delhi has asked the king for the release of detained leaders and restoration of multiparty democracy, informed sources say.

"We spent our Losar with tsunami affected people by building home for them" says Namdak.It is unusual to find such people who sacrifice Losar celebration for a good cause.