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McLeod Ganj drowning in garbage, waste piles smoking, people coughing. This was the sad truth for the last three months in this town. Cows and dogs were spreading the garbage that people reluctantly had to dump right in to the streets since there was no one who came to collect it.

The Canadian government, with the support of other governments, is trying to save the life of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. Speaking in the Canadian House of Commons, Canada's Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew said that Canada and other governments were trying to get the release of the Tibetan monk.

While traveling in South India today, the Dalai Lama called on the Chinese government to stop the execution of Tibetan religious leader and political prisoner Tenzin Delek Rinpoche.

The major highlight of the second day (Wednesday, Dec 2) of the "March for Tibet's Independence" to Chicago was a presentation at Lebanon Senior High School. After walking about 8 miles in the morning, the core group of walkers were warmly welcomed by 200 students

Activists of Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) here today took out a procession to demand the release of Tulku Tenzin Delek, who is facing death sentence by a Chinese court.

Edinburgh University Tibet Society (EUTS) held a 12 hour overnight vigil outside the Chinese Consulate over the night of 1st/2nd December. Seven students remained all night supported by many others bringing hot drinks and food throughout.

I am one of the four Tibetan fulbright students at The State University of New York, Buffalo and my major is filmmaking. I would like to add a few lines on the screening of recent documentary film on Tibet, 'Tibet; the cry of snowlion' at our university as a part of International Student's Education week.

Relatives of a jailed Tibetan monk whose two-year stay of execution expires Thursday say they still haven't been told if Tenzin Delek Rinpoche will face the death penalty.

China is suggesting it will go ahead with plans to execute Tibetan monk Tensin Deleg Rinpoche - convicted of a fatal bombing in 2002.

Even as uncertainty surrounds the fate of Tibetan monk Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tibetan Youth Congress sources have quoted former Defence Minister George Fernandes as saying that the Chinese authorities might not execute him.