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In the fall of 2003 I spent six weeks in Dharamsala, India, volunteering with a Tibetan papermaking and paper products project. In January, I'd logged onto VolunteerTibet's web-site, thinking it might be interesting to work in Dharamsala.

The Canada Tibet Committee of Vancouver feels that it is very important that journalists reporting on the film "What Remains of Us" and audience members know that the Tibetans whose faces are shown on camera have put their lives in jeopardy.

In just 25 years, the number of Buddhists in Denmark has risen from 2,000 to 17,000-18,000. Despite its increasingly popularity, Buddhists are virtually invisible to many Danes

"Human Rights must be restored", reads a banner, while slogans such as "release the innocent", were the outcry of the Tibetan society today.

The Moscow Tibet Festival ends with a spectacular gala concert show in the over booked Svetlanousky Hall of 1500 people. In this biggest and the most modern hall in moscow, the Gyumae monks from South India

The impasse over Tibet's status maybe far from blowing away. But, that has not stifled the excitement among art collectors over Tibetan thangkas (scroll paintings).

The Dalai Lama will not meet President Thabo Mbeki on his visit to South Africa which starts tomorrow.

The main market in McLeodganj remained closed today as shopkeepers downed their shutters to express solidarity with the organisations seeking the release of Trulku Tenzin Delek, who is facing a death sentence in China.

Members of the local community and supporters from the Australia Tibet Council's Northern Beaches Action Group had staged a colourful walk from Dee Why to Manly last Sunday.

Members of the local community and supporters from the Australia Tibet Council's Northern Beaches Action Group had staged a colourful walk from Dee Why to Manly last Sunday.