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With the threat of flash floods caused by formation of a lake in Tibet ending, a team of Indian officials will visit the region from tomorrow to hold talks with Chinese experts on how to meet such challenges in future.

Eyebrows are being raised over intense political manoeuvring and behind the scene lobbying that for the first time dominated the election of Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) president and new Central Executive held on Wednesday evening following a five day long general body meeting here.

The EU Presidency will visit Tibet prior to the EU-China Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue in Beijing on 24 September 2004. The visit, from 20-23 September, is being undertaken to directly gather information on the human rights situation in Tibet.

On September 17 to 19, the Tibetan Cultural Center (TCC) and the Chamtse Ling Interfaith Temple in Bloomington, Indiana will host an International Mongolian Festival.

"I consider promotion of human values and promotion of religious harmony as my duties", said His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His Holiness was addressing the eighth session of the 13th Assembly of the Tibetan People’s Deputies.

The largest non-governmental organisation of the exile Tibetan community yesterday elected its new executive members. Members from more than 70 regional chapters of the Tibetan Youth Congress have gathered in Dharamsala

There is no doubting Lee Feigon's mindset. He holds a chair in East Asian Studies and is Professor of History at Colby College. No surprise then the academic zeal with which he approaches the latest work to add to his erudite canon on Chinese history and politics.

Talks held by the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the government of India in the Indian capital New Delhi in July 2004 have failed to bring about a general normalisation on the Indo-Tibetan border.

Indian film director Shekhar Kapur has received advice on his new movie about Buddha from exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama. The director of hit period film Elizabeth met the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, north India.

The 44th anniversary of Tibetan Democracy was observed on September 4, 2004 in New York. The function was organized at Kasturi Country Club in Queens, New York by the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of New York and New Jersey.