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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

Radiating smiles and beatitude, the 14th Dalai Lama is back in Britain on his endless peregrination around the world's capitals and will probably hear the usual pious but insincere expressions of support.

While knitting might be today's trend, sewing can do more than fasten just loose buttons on clothing. The Tibetan Aid Project hosts a year-round prayer flag project, which has volunteers sewing golden sheets of durable nylon covered with Tibetan designs and script.

I've been attending the Dalai Lama's Kalachakra For World Peace, and I can say for sure that it is not all about politics, schmoozing or warm laughter for Tibet's leading light.

Britain's Tony Blair will not meet the Dalai Lama this week when the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader visits London -- but the prime minister said he had not bowed to pressure from China.

Tony Blair came under fire from one of his former ministers today for failing to meet the Dalai Lama during his UK visit. At Commons question time, the Prime Minister denied that it was due to pressure from China that he was unable to meet Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader.

Tibet Group, the French Parliamentary Group for Tibet in French Lower House of Parliament, declared the year 2005 a ‘Year of Tibet’. It would organise various activities to promote awareness and gather support for Tibet during the year 2005, said Mr. Lionel Luca