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A move by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to repel the influence of the Dalai Lama in a Tibetan Buddhist region has become apparent during the visit to Kalmykia, in the Russian Federation, from 21 to 25 June 2004, of an eight-member delegation from the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).

The Fourth International Congress on Yak will be held in Chengdu, China from September 20 to 26, 2004, according to organizers. The Yak is one of the most important domesticated animals in Tibet and the theme of the Congress is sustainable development of Yak husbandry.

China on Monday strongly opposed the second US presidential report on the so-called Tibet issue, urging the United States to stop making use of the issue to interfere in China's internal affairs, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue.

The Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein held His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 69th birthday celebrations on Saturday, 10th July. In the morning at Rikon Monastery, the Abbot Ven. Tenzin Phuntsok led the prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama followed by Sangsol

The Cochin chapter of Friends of Tibet (INDIA) marked the ocassion for three days, doing an exhibiton a three-day exhibition of photos and paintings at Durbar Hall and candle light vigil on the last day.

The Committee of Human Rights of the Hungarian Parliament has recently presented a resolution on the issue of Tibet to the national Parliament. According to the resolution the Parliament would urge the Hungarian government

A powerful earthquake has struck an isolated mountainous region of western Tibet, but there was no immediate information on deaths or injuries, the government said.

The Tibetan community in Belgium gathered in the city of Antwerpen to celebrate 69th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Saturday, July 10th. Over three hundred Tibetans living in Belgium and their Belgian friends took part in the day long celebration.

Losang Gyatso was surprised to see so many Tibetan prayer flags and "Free Tibet" bumper stickers when he moved to Boulder. Gyatso, an artist who came to the city about a year and a half ago

Vladimir Chimitdorzhiyev was once an ardent communist who wanted to lead young people in Siberia to a Soviet paradise. "That was a long time ago. All that is water under the bridge now," he said in his dimly lit retreat near Russia's border with Mongolia