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The two prayer wheels Chuck Pettis has installed on his 72-acre retreat on Whidbey Island stand as symbols of what happens when Tibetan Buddhism meets high-tech Northwest.

Protesters against the Chinese army’s appearance at the Tattoo vowed to continue their fight as they presented organisers with a 2500-signature petition. Iain Thom and Jamie Robertson from Students for Free Tibet yesterday joined Edinburgh South MSP Mike Pringle to hand over the petition

The two-day general meeting of the first Central Association of Traditional Tibetan Medicine concluded today. The medical doctors of the Tibetan healing science have elected an eight-member body to regulate, monitor the practice of Tibetan medicine.

Delhi Unit of Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch (BTSM) organized a meeting of its member at Kaishav Atithi Grah in Delhi,where more than 50 members from different parts of Delhi attended the meeting.

The office block of the newly formed Che thoe Menpai Lhentsog (Central Association of Traditional Tibetan Medicine) was inaugurated today by Mr. Lobsang Nyandak, Kalon for health of the Central Tibetan Administration.

Pro-Tibet activists criticised the International Olympics Committee (IOC) on Thursday for turning a blind eye to alleged abuses in the territory by China, hosts of the 2008 Games.

Leaving their remote Himalayan monastery, about a dozen Grammy award-winning Buddhist monks would troop to the Indian capital this weekend to receive a special government award honouring their achievement.

Over six girls from different parts of India and Nepal will vie for the Miss Tibet crown as shortlisting for the three-day contest, scheduled to be held from October 8, reaches the final stage.

Thousands have been evacuated from villages in a north Indian state bordering China following an alert that a melting glacier had formed a gigantic lake in adjoining Tibet, officials told AFP.

Two pro-Tibetan demonstrators are being held by police after trying to abseil down the side of Edinburgh Castle. The Free Tibet Campaign members were protesting against the appearance of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.