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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.

With the summer at its peak, most of the tourists who used to come here during this part of the year were keeping away due to intense heat. Dharamsala, which attracts large number of foreign tourists due to the abode of the Dalai Lama

Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Dharamshala remembers 23 May 2004 as the 53rd anniversary of the 17 Point Agreement, which has signed between Tibet and China. This controversial document conclusively shows that it was an agreement between two independent and sovereign states.

The Tibetan Youth Congress disapproved the 17-point agreement signed between independent Tibet and China 53 years ago on May 23, 1951, as it was thrust upon the Tibetan government and its people under duress by China.

In a small stone house in Ladakh, a Himalayan region in India's state of Jammu and the disputed territory of Kashmir, a hair-raising healing ritual is taking place. A Buddhist man ailing from liver problems, a Muslim woman suffering from depression

Visiting Buddhist monks are ditching their traditional robes and sandals for football strips and boots for a charity match in Glasgow.

The prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile will highlight environmental degradation in Tibet caused by the Chinese government during a visit to Europe starting Thursday, a top official here said.