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Envoys of the Dalai Lama are in Tibet discussing his possible return to the disputed mountain nation. Lodi Gyari, the Dalai Lama's quasi ambassador in Washington, is leading a four-man delegation which arrived in China a week ago.

Locals of different religious backgrounds gathered to meditate with three Tibetan monks visiting Costa Rica in preparation for the arrival of the Dalai Lama, who begins a visit here on Sunday.

China's ethnic Uighurs don't have a Dalai Lama or a slew of movie stars to present their cause to the world. They fight some of the same battles for religious freedom and autonomy as Tibetans, but Uighur exile leaders say they can't muster the same global sympathy.

Tenzing Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, arrives in Puerto Rico for his first visit, and will hold workshops and talks today and tomorrow.

Marking one of the final centenary commemorations of the British Mission to Tibet, students from across the UK today reflected upon British involvement with Tibet

The 7th of September 2004 marked the centennial of the signing of a Treaty between Tibet and a British imperial mission under the command of the Indian Political Officer, Colonel Francis Younghusband.

BEIJING, September 20 - The Tibetan capital Lhasa has launched a renovation drive to keep its original ethnic flavor after years of unrestrained urban development filled the city with modern architecture, China's state media said Monday.

China on Tuesday welcomed a visit by a group of United Nations human rights experts dealing with arbitrary detention, saying it would give an objective view of the situation.

China on Tuesday criticised a scheduled visit by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to Mexico next month, urging the international community not to honour the "splittist."

The Dalai Lama's South Florida stay yielded a $135,000 surplus, part of which will go to hurricane relief in Florida, according to the nonprofit Buddhist organization that hosted him here.