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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"

Sixteen Tibetans, including two Buddhist monks, and two Canadians on a 600-mile "Peace Ride for Tibet's Independence" shivered in the cold during a prayer service Wednesday morning at the Flight 93 temporary memorial in Stonycreek Township.

China told Canada today it would be inappropriate for Prime Minister Paul Martin to meet the Dalai Lama because the exiled Tibetan leader is not just a religious figure.

The following statement was issued today by three fact-finding experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights: We are deeply concerned over the situation of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, a prominent Lama who was involved in social work in favour

Special screenings of Tibetan themed films are to be shown in Edinburgh in advance of a visit by the Dalai Lama. The exiled spiritual leader is scheduled to arrive in June for a series of Buddhist teaching events, a talk at the Usher Hall and meetings with MSPs in Edinburgh.

In June 2003 a Tibetan student was reported to be arrested from the Tibet University in Lhasa. The arrestee, Dawa Tashi, reached Dharamsala, India, and testified to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) his personel accounts of the events that took place during the time.

Prime Minister Paul Martin vigorously defended Wednesday his right to meet with the Dalai Lama next week while his political organizers diffused the significance of the event by making it a broad spiritual get-together.