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Core Group for Tibetan Cause and India Tibet Coordination office (ITCO) organized an Indian Lawyer's Meeting on Tibet at Patiala Court conference hall, New Delhi. The meeting was attended by more than eighty lawyers.

Her pink name card reads "Princess of Tibet" in Tibetan, Chinese and English. She loves Prada, European techno dance and has a passion for car racing.

Day 5 of our official media visit to Tibet brings great anticipation. Finally we will travel outside Lhasa to a real Tibetan village. After 4-1/2 days we've eaten only cheap Chinese buffet; nothing Tibetan.

The Norwegian Human rights have moved to new location with more new member organizations. Norwegian Prime Minster Mr Bondevik inaugurated the new Human Rights 26th August 2004.

In the dusty bowels of the Tibet capital's huge Potala Palace, a handful of labourers slowly chip away at ancient plaster holding together the 13-storey building's crumbling foundations.

As the 28th Olympics near conclusion in Athens, Greece, the International Campaign for Tibet recognizes that a countdown to Beijing is beginning and calls on the Chinese government to reverse repressive policies

The Chinese and Indian armies will hold their first joint mountaineering exercise in Tibet at the weekend. China's official Xinhua news agency reports the exercise is aimed at enhancing mutual understanding and trust, and promoting stability in the border area.

Sources in Tibet report the death on 31 July 2004 of Dondrub Gyal, former Party Secretary of Tsolho prefecture (More commonly referred to as Chabcha, in Chinese: Hainan) in Qinghai.

The three major Greek newspapers - Athens News, Khatimerini and Eleftherotypia – have all refused to publish a commercial advertisement submitted by the International Tibet Support Network.

As the world's most prestigious sporting event comes to a close this weekend, a global human rights group has warned China - the hosts of the next Olympics - to improve "its embarrassing record of continuing human rights abuses" before hosting the 2008 games.