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The Beijing-backed 11th Panchen Lama, Tibet's second highest spiritual figure whose credibility is questioned by many devoted Tibetan Buddhists, has vowed to maintain national and ethnic unity with China, state media reported Monday.

An innocent tourist was ejected from last night’s performance of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo as police swooped on pro-Tibet campaigners.

A majority of the six to seven million Han Chinese who have migrated to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau suffer from altitude sickness than their Tibetan counterparts, a Chinese expert said.

On 12th August 2004, the final IDP (Integrated Development Plan) for the period 2004-2007 was presented and finalised by the Kashag in a especially organised high level Executive Meeting of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).

On January 2002, Tenzin Tsundue climbd up the scaffolding to the 14 th floor of the Oberoi Tower, Mumbai and unfurled a Tibetan national flag and blood red banner, which read "FREE TIBET" down the hotel's facade.

Police ejected two MSPs from the Edinburgh Military Tattoo last night after foiling an attempt by about 20 pro-Tibet campaigners to disrupt the spectacle from the stands.

In a shocking and unprecedented move, perhaps for the first time in India, two important films, scheduled to be shown at the Asian Film Festival in Mumbai, have been withdrawn as a result of direct pressure from Chinese Embassy officials.

The face under the yellow hat of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism looks rather austere for the young age of the wearer. He is shown walking ceremoniously into the Jokhang, Tibet's holiest shrine, with a yellow parasol held over his head by someone walking behind.

About 200 monks sit cross-legged in a shady courtyard at the 585-year-old Sera Monastery and loudly debate Buddhist scriptures on a sunny afternoon.

Mr. Tashi Phuntsok, formerly the secretary of the administrative division of the Department of Security, has been appointed the Election Commissioner and Public Service Commissioner of the Central Tibetan Administration.