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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

On April 25th in Paris, Tibetan Community of France organised a demonstration with several French TSGs "France-Tibet", "Etudiant pour un Tibet libre" for the release of the Panchen Lama who has been recognised as 11th Panchen Lama by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The wire fencing separating northern Nepal from the Tibet Autonomous Region of China will impact on wildlife in the Himalayan region adversely, a survey here says.