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Dr. Peter Lindegger, passed away on Saturday, 11 December of a heart attack at his home in Winterthur, according to information received from the Office of Tibet in Geneva. He was 72 years of age.

Minnesota guitarist Steve Tibbetts has for 17 years pursued his passion for progressive, ambient, and world music in nonlinear fashion, similar to Robert Fripp, Brian Eno and Bill Frisell.

On Wednesday 8 December approximately 500 Tibetans and Tibet supporters from all across Europe gathered in The Hague, the capital of The Netherlands, to urge European and Chinese leaders attending the annual EU-China Summit there to place Tibet at the heart of the EU-China partnership.

Aboutt 30 people, including resident Tibetans, held a peaceful march, carrying the Tibetan national flag, photographs of Trulku Tenzin Delek from Hero's Square to Chinese Embassy on 10th December.

Almost half- a- century after following the Dalai Lama over the high Himalayas into exile in India, Tibetan refugees are finding it hard to keep their progeny strictly within the fold of Lamaistic Buddhism and committed to the cause of a free Tibet.

Prominent intellectuals Yu Jie and Liu Xiaobo were taken away by mainland police yesterday in what is seen as the latest crackdown by authorities on dissent.

A project to educate Tibetans about endangered animals, an initiative to promote and cultivate Tibetan contemporary art, and individual Tibetan film-makers and photographers have all been granted awards from ICT’s Rowell Fund

More than 5,000 devotees from the eastern dzongkhags are receiving empowerment and transmission of Dudjom Rinpoche's Sungbum or Tersar (25 volumes of collected works of Dudjom Rinpoche) and other blessings from Garab Rinpoche at the Rangjung Woesel Chholing monastery in Trashigang.

The top 10 Canadian films of 2004, as chosen by an independent panel of 10 industry experts, is an eclectic list of titles from new and old filmmakers, in English and French, features and documentaries, animation and experimental.

In order to bring mass awareness on the issue of Tibet and its relation to India, a unique gathering of villagers on Tibet was organized at Katewda, Bavana near Haryana border.