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China says the Tibetan boy internationally viewed as the second highest leader of Tibetan Buddhism is alive and well, the Times of London reported Friday.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said he was "optimistic" about patching up relations with China, as he continued a visit to Britain loudly condemned by Beijing. Speaking at a lecture in London on the second day of his trip

Global problems cannot solely be blamed on leaders like Saddam Hussein, the Dalai Lama has told a UK audience. The exiled Tibetan leader, currently on a tour of the UK, told a Westminster audience there were wider issues and "change must come from the grass roots".

China has launched an information blitz in the United States to dispel what it calls Western propaganda that portrays human rights and other abuses by Beijing in Tibet.

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".