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There is a considerable anxiety among the Tibetan community over the way Tibetan Government in-exile is dealing with China to resolve the tricky issue of Tibet. What has come as a ‘‘major set back’’ to flickering hopes of the exiled community is the visibly tough stand China has adopted on this over four-decade-old issue through the White Paper on Tibet issued on May 23.

Curled in a chair in his hotel suite in Glasgow, the Dalai Lama was asked what he might have said to Tony Blair had he been invited to Downing Street during his visit to the UK. Leaning forward, he chuckled: "Nothing in particular."

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings on Kamalashila's 'Middle Stages of Meditation' and Togme Sangpo's '37 Bodhisattva Practices' that began today was attended by about 5000 people - a figure beyond the expectations of the organiser, Dharma Network Limited

Tibet's future is in the spotlight following the Chinese government's publication of an uncompromising policy paper that rejects the Dalai Lama's vision of greater autonomy for the territory and gives the exiled spiritual leader little or no room to maneuver.

Chinese Ambassador Sun Heping today said that his country is positive and will “appreciate” the idea of joining South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) with an aim of promoting regional economic cooperation.

The Dalai Lama, who began his six-day visit to Scotland on Saturday, has said that the country’s devolution settlement could prove a useful model for a form of government which would bring peace to his homeland of Tibet.

Thousands of people, lead by the Glasgow City Council's Lord Provost, extended a very warm welcome and applauded as His Holiness the Dalai Lama entered the podium of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre here to give the much awaited talk on "Inner Peace, Outer Harmony."

China has banned a Swedish-made computer game for "distorting history and damaging China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," the Ministry of Culture (MOC) said Friday.

The Dalai Lama is due to arrive in Glasgow on his third visit to Scotland. The exiled political leader and spiritual head of Tibet's Buddhists will spend four days in the city before going on to Edinburgh and Dunfermline.

A resolution calling for the immediate release of all Tibetan political prisoners, including Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, has been introduced in the US Senate on May 19, 2004 by Senator Sam Brownback (KS). It has now been referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.