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At the invitation of the African Cultural Heritage Trust - ACHT, His Holiness the 14TH Dalai Lama of Tibet will pay seven days visit to South Africa from November 3 - 9, 2004.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama may address the members of the Indian Parliament in the near future. This was revealed at a press conference held here by Shri. Vashist Narayan Singh, the convenor of the All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet.

Coordinated by the Regional Tibetan Women's Association of New York and New Jersey (RTWA, NY & NJ), the Tibetans for the second year in a row participated in the 19th Annual International Cultures Parade which was held on September 12, 2004.

Authorities in China's northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang have sentenced more than 50 people to death this year in what government officials say is a war on terrorism.

Security guards will be making sure no one takes pictures when a documentary about Tibet is shown during the Atlantic Film Festival.

In the latest development in the Tibetan judicial system, Mr. Namgyal Tsering, one of the two Justice Commissioners of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission, will succeed Mr. Jhadur Sangpo as the new Supreme Justice Commissioner.

China staged anti-terror maneuvers in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, citing a rise in global terrorism since Sept. 11, state media said on Monday.

The Tibetan government-in-exile has decided to stick to its "middle- way approach" to cement relations with China and continue to raise its voice at international level for a resolution of the Tibet problem.

Thirtyfour Tibetan refugees, including six women and five children, on their way to India to meet their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, have been arrested in Nepal for entering the Himalayan Kingdom illegally.

The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan exile government announced today the September 12, 2004 departure to China from India of the Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyari, his colleague Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen and two senior assistants.