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Prime Minister Paul Martin's decision to meet the Dalai Lama, despite strong protests from China, is highly commendable. He will be the first Canadian prime minister to do so, joining a growing list of other world leaders, including U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Mr. Bertrand Ramcharan, Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a statement on 13th April 2004 on the three young Tibetans who are on indefinite hunger strike in front of United Nations headquarters in New York organized by the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC).

The officials of the Central Tibetan Administration were blessed with a rare opportunity to see and listen to an unglamorous celebrity from the Tibetan freedom struggle.

The Tibetan exile government hopes that the Dalai Lama's meeting with Prime Minister Paul Martin next week will not affect tentative negotiations with China, which opposes the meeting.

When the Dalai Lama flew into California from India earlier this week for three days of spiritual teaching and lectures, he was given full exalted personage treatment - an official motorcade, diplomatic security protection

I interviewed the the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, the site of the Tibet Government in Exile and the home of the Tibetan leader since 1960. Pilgrims usually get to Dharamsala by bus, train, or taxi from New Delhi, an arduous journey of up to 12 hours.

To our fellow Brothers and Sisters, We would like to share our personal statements from the Peace Ride for Tibet’s Independence with each of you to express our gratitude and solidarity for your courageous act of this Indefinite Hunger Strike.

The first study to look at the use of Tibetan yoga by cancer patients found the combination of movement and meditation led to a significant sleep benefit, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Amid the flurry of preparations for the Dalai Lama's visit, it will be some harried organizer's job to buy honey and brown bread. It's the preferred snack of the beloved Tibetan leader and securing a handy stash

In both spiritual and secular circles, he is routinely referred to as 'His Holiness' -- and in a very real sense, he is a kind of 'Pope' of Buddhism. A recent Vancouver Sun headline affectionately called him "the aw-shucks, superstar god-king"