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On December 14, Mr. Thomas Mann, MEP, announced the re-establishment of the European Parliament's Intergroup for Tibet after gaining the support of 120 MEPs and three of the party groups in the new parliament.

Beijing announced today that Yang Chuantang has been moved back to the Tibet Autonomous Region to take over as Party Secretary from Guo Jinlong, after his brief stint in Qinghai as deputy Party chief.

Xinhuanet reports that Yang Chuangtang, who had become governor of Qinghai province in early 2004, has now been appointed Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the most powerful position in the province.

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy received reliable information on Bangri Rinpoche’s arrest of 26 August 1999. (Ref: TCHRD Update January 2000 & December 2003)

Scientists from India working in the Himalayas have discovered a new species of monkey, a stocky, short-tailed, brown-haired creature they have named the Macaca munzala, or Arunachal macaque.

Under the presidentship of the former speaker of the Indian Parliament Shri Rabi Ray, the All India Convention of India-Tibet Friendship Society will be held in Jodhpur from 25-27 December, according to a release from Mr. Manoj Singh, Organising Secretary of the India-Tibet Friendship Society.

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.