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Entering into the last leg of his tour to France, Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche yesterday held a meeting with the Representative and Bureau Du Tibet’s staff including the members offering their honorary service to the Representative’s office.

The Tibet Foundation is hosting an exhibition "Tibet: A Living Culture" in Glasgow during the spiritual tour by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Scottish city from 29 May to 1 June 2004.

The Prince of Wales is to meet the Dalai Lama this week at a St James’s Palace reception. Charles has invited the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader to join him at the royal residence on Thursday.

Senior Nepalese and Chinese officials are discussing measures to check crossborder criminal activities and unauthorised trade, a Nepalese home ministry official said Monday.

Your Excellency, On behalf of the Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations on your becoming the Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy.

The Information Office of China's State Council on Sunday issued a white paper titled "Regional Ethnic Autonomy in Tibet."

After the successful completion of his tour to Nice, France, Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche arrived yesterday morning at Paris where he was recieved at the airport by Mr. Tashi Phuntsok, the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in France.

China urged the Dalai Lama on Sunday to abandon his vision of an autonomous Tibet, squeezing already slim hopes of a political solution that might allow the exiled spiritual leader to return to his homeland.

Liverpool was at the centre of a furious diplomatic row last night after Chinese officials threatened to strip the port of its twin-city status with Shanghai in protest over the Dalai Lama's visit beginning this week.

Fifth-graders at Turtle Mountain Community Elementary School have raised money by reading books to purchase yaks for needy families in Tibet. Teacher Heidi Johnson said she watched an Oprah Winfrey show about a Little Rock, Ark.