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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.

Thomas Mann: "The re-establishment of the Tibet Intergroup is a great success for the future of Tibet!". "The re-establishment of the Tibet Intergroup has been confirmed. This is a great success for Tibetan people and the engagement for their cultural and religious rights in the European Parliament"

Ice dams across the deepest gorge on Earth created some of the highest-elevation lakes in history. New research shows the most recent of these lakes, in the Himalaya Mountains of Tibet, broke through its ice barrier somewhere between 600 and 900 AD

On Sunday, December 12, the Tibetan community in New York City led by members of the Tibetan Youth Congress as well as members of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) sang boycott Christmas carols in front of Toys-R-Us in Times Square asking holiday shoppers to boycott products made in China.

Over a hundred Bay area Tibetans and supporters staged a candle light vigil on December 11 through the bustling Downtown Berkeley, carrying banners, placards and candles, their mouths gagged with black cloths.