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China is trying to blackmail Canada by hinting at economic retaliation for welcoming the Dalai Lama, says Liberal Senator Jim Munson, an eyewitness to Chinese mistreatment of the Buddhist holy man's followers in Tibet 15 years ago.

Exiled Tibetan Leader the Dalai Lama spoke at a conference in Vancouver, Tesday, along with fellow Nobel Peace Prize Winners Shirin Ebadi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. They agree that more freedom for journalists and increased education will create a more stable global climate.

The Dalai Lama begins a two-week Ontario visit today in Ottawa, where his spiritual trip will take a decidedly political tone. But before leaving British Columbia yesterday, the smiling

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is the youngest political prisoner in the world – that is, if he is still alive. Assuming that he has not been murdered, for nine lonely years, a young Tibetan boy has been held prisoner and indoctrinated at the hands of the Chinese government.

As Tibetan hunger strikers moved into their sixteenth day in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York, a small group of Bay Area residents turned out Saturday in downtown Berkeley to show their support by staging their own one-day strike.

Some 30 minutes into John Halpern's documentary film Refuge, one can't help but feel drawn toward Tibetan Buddhism amid the numerous images of westerners embracing the faith in spiritually adrift North America.

British Columbia's Lieutenant-Governor, Iona Campagnolo, publicly endorsed the cause of the Dalai Lama yesterday, praising his campaign for what she called "political and spiritual freedom" in Tibet.

The National Film Board of Canada is proceeding on ethical eggshells with a new documentary on Tibet scheduled to premiere next week during the Dalai Lama's stay in Toronto.

The three hunger strikers are on their eighteenth day with only couple of glasses of water to sustain their body. Their health condition deteriorating day by day, their determination never deterred.

On a day that saw further bloodshed in the Middle East, three Nobel Peace Prize winners brought together here Monday called for non-violent resolutions to world conflict.