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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.

When Ani Sakya of Shoreline looks at his son, he sees a 5-year-old boy doing typical 5-year-old things: cheering while playing a computer game, giggling during a game of Chutes and Ladders, or bursting with laughter while playing catch.

Twin Cities Tibetans on Saturday night prayed for a slain 21-year-old in their community, remembered a Cambodian friend also fatally shot and expressed their dismay at gun violence.

Tashi Yangchen, Miss Tibet 2004, is all set to leave for Zimbabwe for the Miss Tourism World 2005 contest. Lobsang Wangyal, producer-director of the Miss Tibet pageant, said Tashi was preparing herself to embark on the Feb 12-27 trip to Victoria Falls

Nearly 4,600 heads of cattle froze to death after continuous snowfall hit Xigaze Prefecture in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region during the past two weeks, but no casualty was reported, local government said Saturday.

The meeting of China's Party Secretary and President Hu Jintao with Gyaltsen Norbu, the boy chosen by Beijing as the 11th Panchen Lama at the Great Hall of the People yesterday (3 February)

In the days ahead, gender issues are likely to hog the limelight as the Department of Finance (DOF) steps up efforts to sensitise the matter.