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Sipping from orange juice cartons, two Tibetans ended a 32-day hunger strike for Tibetan rights yesterday after a visit from a United Nations official and promises that their demands would not be ignored.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is paying a brief visit to NIORT, in western France, from May 7 to 9. This visit is taking place at the invitation of Mr. Alain Mathieu, President of the Urban Community of NIORT and Mr. Alain Baudin, Mayor of NIORT.

For the first time in 36 years, hundreds of Tibetan refugees settled in Chhattisgarh are protesting rights abuses by China in their native land. Many of the refugees and their families, most of whom make a living by selling garments

An earthquake registering 5.5 on the open-ended Richter scale shook part of China's western Qinghai province on Tuesday, but no casualties or damage were reported.

The Tibetan Youth Congress called off its indefinite hunger strike at the United Nations on May 3, 2004, following a visit by UN Assistant Secretary-General Carolyn McAskie at the hunger strike venue at 4:30 pm.

The Dalai Lama has chided journalists for being more interested in tragic stories than upbeat ones, though he thanked the media for highlighting Tibet's struggle for autonomy within China.

Around 50 Tibetans and supporters sat on a solidarity hunger strike for the third consecutive Saturday, as concerns over the health of three hunger strikers heightened with the hospitalization of Dolma Choephel.

Despite Ms. Dolma Choephel, one of the determined hunger strikers was hospitalized after she lost consciousness at the end of the 29th day of the indefinite hunger strike, the other two hunger strikers are however have begun their 30th day of the indefinite hunger strike at a new location

The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has refused to call off an hunger strike outside the UN office in New York in support of a free Tibet, despite an appeal by the Dalai Lama's office here.

Two Tibetans from Kham Nyarong district were escaping into Nepal and they were spotted by Nepalese border guards. Preferring to die than being handed over to Chinese authorities, both of them jumped into the river.