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The sixth day of the Tibetan Youth Leadership Training began early in the morning to a mist-engulfed Delhi. After five whole days of intensive mental and physical training contributing towards the upbringing of a complete leader

Tibet Foundation is hosting a 21-day UK Cultural Tour by a group of eleven Tibetan refugee children, with two teachers from the Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF) from 24 January - 13 February 2005.

Even the waiting list is sold out for the Dalai Lama's three-day session in Tucson next September, leaving a separate talk the only chance for Tucsonans hoping to see the spiritual leader of Tibet.

China sent a warning to Japan not to issue a visa to Tibet's exiled leader the Dalai Lama, who is planning to visit Japan in April, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said.

An outsider visiting the Tibetan Youth Leadership Training will most certainly not be able to guess that the warm circle of students interacting and sharing their views candidly had met just five days back, in most cases for the first time in their lives.

On December 26, a strong underwater earthquake erupted off the coast of Indonesia sending powerful waves against South Asian countries. India and Sri Lanka have been the hardest hit.

A Boise State professor is traveling to one of India's famed hill towns to teach science to a group of Buddhist monks.

One of the major predicaments that Tibetan student activists confront while organizing various activities is the lack of practical knowledge in the techniques of handling and facing media effectively, be it print, radio or television.

The biting December Chill and the Christmas din and ecstasy around the Mcleod Square, utterly failed to jolt the 30 odd Tibetan hunger strikers from Upper TCV's Handicraft Center and Mothers Training Center, from meditating and praying for the safe and immediate release of Tulku Tenzin Delek.

The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, is planning to visit Japan in April and the Japanese government is expected to allow his stay, sources close to the matter said Sunday.