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Chinese President Hu Jintao met Thursday with the boy picked by Beijing as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism in a pomp-filled ceremony broadcast on state television.

Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery will present an evening of cultural performances featuring traditional dances, chanting and monastic debate Friday at 7 p.m. at the Coconino Center for the Arts, 2300 N. Fort Valley Road.

At a special luncheon hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for heads of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions and some senior lamas in Bodh Gaya on 25 January, Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche gave a detailed briefing on the current state of discussions

Who remembers the Panchsheel Agreement? Some might imagine some lofty dharmic principles enunciated by Nehru and the Chinese, who later in 1962 treacherously "stabbed us in the back."

The Namgyal Monastery of Ithaca will be having a fund-raiser and prayer ceremony on Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. to benefit victims of the tsunami that swept South Asia earlier this year. The Monastery, located at 412 N. Aurora St. in Ithaca since 1992

On the stage of the Tzavta hall in Tel Aviv, instead of amplifiers for electric guitars or other props for one of the fringe plays staged there, this time there were items of a different sort scattered about: a light-colored sofa with pillows

The Prime Minister's first official visit to China offered a unique opportunity for Canada to intercede on behalf of one of the world's most embattled peoples.

The European Union welcomes the decision by the Chinese authorities to commute the death sentence of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche to life imprisonment.

"What's the issue of Tibet? Why are the Tibetans refugees? Even the people in and about Dharamsala, despite over forty years of overwhelming Tibetan presence, lack complete knowledge"

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday the move by Nepal's king to replace the government and put leaders under arrest was an internal affair.