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Relatives of the group of Buddhist pilgrims feared missing since Sunday’s disaster can breathe a sigh of relief as they are safe and scheduled to come home today.

I am not homeless. My home is in Tibet. The only thing is, I had never seen it till I became an adult. My parents had to leave our home and escape into the mountains when the Chinese communist soldiers rampaged through the village, destroying monasteries and killing anybody who resisted.

Situ Dharmakara Foundation had been informed today that His Eminence Tai Situpa Rinpoche advised Palpung Sherab Ling Monastery to arrange 49 days Puja for people who lost their lifes in this Tsunami disasters and also request every Dharma Center as well as all Buddhists around world to join this 49 days Puja.

Tibetan Youth Congress’s Organizational Secretary, Mrs. Pema Yangchen attended The 7th All India Indo-Tibet Friendship Society's National Convention held in Jodhpur, from 25th to 27th December 2004.

Prime Minister Paul Martin is the first Canadian prime minister to meet with H.H The Dalai Lama in April of 2004, weeks prior to kalachakra for world peace in Toronto. Paul Martin says he wants to make sure Canada plays an important role in the world.

Yvan Loubier, a member of Parliament from the Bloc Quebecois party, said that elected representatives of free countries have a responsibility to respond to the Tibetan's call for help.

The Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) and its 43 regional chapters worldwide declare the year 2005 as the International Year of the 11th Panchen Lama.

The last day of the year 2004 saw the end of the All India Bike Rally at Jantar Mantar, Delhi after covering a distance of 8878 kms. The aforesaid youth belonging to Tibetan Student’s Alliance (TSA)

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said on Friday that he and a congregation of monks and nuns would pray for the thousands of people killed by tsunamis in Buddhist Sri Lanka.

The 61st birthday (as per lunar calendar) of His Eminence Sakya Ghongma Rinpoche, the head of Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, was held yesterday at the Sakya Magon monastery in Rajpur, Uttranchal.