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Rob Anders, MP (Calgary West) today rose in the House of Commons and made the following statements: Mr. Rob Anders (Calgary West, CPC): Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, December 2, Tibetan monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche is scheduled to be executed by the Chinese government.

It was a cold, very rainy day in Indianapolis, but 22 dedicated Tibetans and three others gathered at 10 am in front of the "Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument" in downtown Indianapolis to begin the "March for Tibet's Independence" from Indianapolis to Chicago.

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama today left Elista, capital of Kalmyk after consecrating a Buddhist temple and performing his pastoral function.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in a statement on Wednesday has sent his greetings to the ongoing 2nd World Buddhist Summit in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha.

We were passing through a small town and looking to take a break. We found a place for a game of pool. The big Tibetan sky was a mesmerizing blue. The wind blew strongly. These were important facts to understand because the pool table was outside.

After denying the Dalai Lama's visa requests for years, Russia has finally relented and allowed the Buddhist spiritual leader to visit the country. He will spend most of his time in the southern republic of Kalmykia, half of whose 300,000 residents are practicing Buddhists.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Asia-Pacific region Director Mrs Janeth Lim is currently on a visit to Nepal. She has visited the Bhutanese refugee camps in western Nepal and on 1st December she paid a visit to the Tibetan reception centre in Nepal.

Tibetans and supporters will hold a 12 hour demonstration from 9am-9pm in front of the Chinese Consulate on Wednesday, Dec 1st to raise awareness and save the life of the influential Buddhist leader, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche.

Individual Tibetans filed complaint against the Chinese Embassy, the owner of the website www.china-embassy.ch, and the Chinese Tourist Office in Zürich in the past days. The complaint is lodged with the district attorney of Zurich.

The cost of building the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet railway has blown out with China forced to pump another 5.5 billion yuan (660 million dollars) into the project.