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Tony Blair was last night attacked by human rights campaigners for encouraging the Chinese government in its efforts to lift a European Union embargo on arms sales.

A Tibet-related documentary “Lost Treasures of Tibet” is among the films that are being shown by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. as part of its Asian Pacific American Heritage Month program. It will be shown at 12 noon on May 21, 2004 at the National Museum of Natural History Baird Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

From a nomadic boy born in a tent on the highest mountains of the world, to a monk in a sacred monastery in India, to a factory worker in Australia - Tenzing Tsewang's biographical musical is a captivating journey of diverse cultures and identity.

When Dawa Norbu is not teaching graduates at the School of International Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, he is found squatting cross-legged under banyan trees on campus, sporting Bermuda shorts and worn-out flip-flops, and sharing a cup of chai with commoners.

Prime Minister Tony Blair will raise concerns about democracy in Hong Kong and human rights in Tibet when he meets Chinese premier Wen Jiabao this afternoon, a Foreign Office minister said today.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, nearing the end of his European tour, was set to hold talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair against a backdrop of protests over Tibet.

After successful visits to US, Canada and France His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamsala today. Mr. Pema Jungney, the Chairman of the Tibetan Parliament, and Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, the Kalon Tripa

Last month was a busy one for Ball State University professor Larry Gerstein. As a leader of The International Tibet Independence Movement (ITIM), Gerstein participated as a speaker and organizer in this year's Peace Ride for Tibet's Independence.

Camera-wielding Western tourists ambush a dawn procession of monks in this once tranquil royal capital. Chinese engineers erect huge dams and blow up rapids on one of the world's last great untamed rivers.

About 50 pro-Tibet and Falun Gong campaigners gathered opposite the Chinese embassy in London as China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrived in the U.K. for a three-day visit.