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International respect for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's moral authority was apparent this afternoon when the Tibetan leader was welcomed at separate high profile engagements by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Jack Straw, and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.

Chinese authorities in Tibet have jailed a 32-year-old Tibetan man after he confessed to causing an explosion near a television tower outside the Tibetan capital Lhasa, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

HIS HOLINESS the Dalai Lama comes to the SECC in Glasgow on Saturday for the first of four days of teachings on Buddhism. An expected 10,000 people will attend his public talk, while the Solus Festival at the Glasgow Buddhist Centre in Sauchiehall Street

The Dalai Lama clasped hands with the Prince of Wales tonight when His Holiness and His Royal Highness met at a London reception. As the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader arrived at the gates of Clarence House

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama began a visit to Britain by holding talks with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, a meeting that took place despite vehement and vocal opposition from China.

China today criticised Britain for agreeing to host the Dalai Lama, and has made strong representations to London for encouraging his "splittist activities".

The day after Amnesty International (AI) reported China had made very little progress in 2003 in terms of human rights violations and respect for minorities, Beijing has decided to launch a year-long campaign to investigate human rights violations of state workers.

He is the hottest ticket in town ... and hailed the most significant religious visitor to Liverpool since Pope John Paul ll in 1982. An audience of more than 2,000 was due to hear the Tibetan spiritual leader deliver a lecture about moral-ity at Liverpool Cathedral today.

It was a surprise. For the first time in nearly five years, the Central Tibetan Schools Administration (CTSA) saw 89.73 per cent of its students pass in the CBSE Class XII Boards.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived this afternoon in Liverpool city on the first leg of his 27 May - 3 June visit to UK at the invitation of educational institutions and non-governmental organizations to give a series of public talks and teachings