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Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Minnesota held a prayer session with Tsok at the Gyutoe resident to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the martyrdom of pawo Thupten Ngodup la. More than 30 people from all ages attended this prayer session which lasted more than 2hrs.

Today marks the 26th day of the Hunger Strike movement which started on April 2, 2004 at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (in front of the United Nations Building) in New York. Besides heavy rain for almost the whole day on April 26

The Dalai Lama continued to charm audiences with his playful sense of humour and message of peace and tolerance Tuesday as he accepted an honorary law degree from the University of Toronto.

Chinese authorities expelled a prominent Tibetan monk at a major monastery near the capital, Lhasa, from his post as lead chanter after he said prayers for the exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, RFA’s Tibetan service reports.

After the conclusion of second day Kalachakra empowerment by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, some 1000 Tibetans awaited for Prof Samdhong Rinpoche's talk on 'Policy & Situation of Exile Tibetan Government' at the National Trade Center in Toronto.

A group of Tibetan Buddhists risked imprisonment when they viewed a video message from the Dalai Lama that was smuggled into Tibet.

Defying China's constant threat against meeting His holiness the Dalai Lama the Canadain Prime Minister Paul Martin called on the exiled leader of the Tibetan people at the residence of His Excellency Marcel Gervais, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa.

The Tibetan Election Commission has announced a shortlist of 16 candidates, who have got the highest number of votes in the preliminary rounds of election held on 24 April, in 51 electoral regions throughout India, Nepal and Bhutan.

The UN Human Rights mechanisms have given an unprecedented attention to the cases of Panchen Lama, TulkuTenzin Delek, and other Tibetan political prisoners.

The Japanese Parliamentarian Group for Tibet asked the United Nations to respond to the demands of the three Tibetan hunger strikers in New York. "The Japanese Parliamentarian Group for Tibet strongly believes that the demands of the Tibetan Youth Congress are the voice of the Tibetan People