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Despite opposition from the Bush administration and human rights activists, the European Union looks set this week to signal its intention to lift a 15-year-old ban on arms sales to China.

Nepal and China began consultations on the Sino-Nepal border issue by reviewing reports on the internal inspection on border pillars.

Ngawang Sangdrol was nominated for the title "International Woman of the Year" by a panel of judges from the Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta in Northern Italy.

The European Union and China are set to sign a number of new agreements during their 7th annual summit on Wednesday in The Hague to further boost their strategic partnership.

Phuntsok Tsering usually spends his days helping Tibetan torture victims find some peace in their new lives in India. For the past four months, Tsering has been living in Olympia, learning new strategies from local practitioners to help do his job better.

'The Portrait of a Lama as a Nationalist'-On the 11th day of the TYC led All India Relay Hunger Strike at Dharamsala, under the banner of the Release Tulku Tenzin Delek Now campaign, students and staff from the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts lent their support to the ongoing campaign. The momentum of the hunger strike has been building up, with the active support and participation of the local residents and promises to erupt if timely and binding actions are not taken.

'Guiding Star' - As night fell on the 12th day of the relay hunger strike, the members of the Mcleod Ganj Shop Association are seen huddled up with prayers on their lips for the release and well being of Tulku Tenzin Delek. The ongoing hunger strike campaign has received immense support and sympathy from the local Indian residents as well as foreign nationals, not just in the form signatures but an increasing number has volunteered to sit on the hunger strike.

The history teacher maintained a blistering pace, clicking from one frame quickly to the next, during a lecture on China's relations with the world from 1929 to 1939 in one of this country's most selective high schools.

As many as 15 Indian-born Tibetan students from Delhi University are on a all India Moto rally to mobilise support and funds demanding release of Tibetan religious leader Tulku Tenzin Delek from Chinese prison.

The Tibetans living in exile in Dharamsala had a special screening of a film depicting various efforts taken worldover for the release of Tibetan monk Tulku Tenzin Delek facing suspended execution on charges of terrorism.