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His Holiness the Dalai Lama departed from here yesterday on a twenty four-day tour of United States and Canada. His Holiness will visit Los Angeles, California and three Canadian cities from April 12 to May 6, 2004.

Tibetan monks, youths and supporters gathered Saturday in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., to protest China's 45-year occupation of Tibet. The demonstrators listened to speeches, chanted slogans and sang nationalistic songs calling for Tibetan independence.

As Gayum Chenmo Memorial football tournament is in the offing, a pre-qualifying match was organized here at Kathmandu by the RTYC on 10-Apr-04. There were four teams that participated, each from the different sections of Tibetan community living in Kathmandu.

The movement of Indefinite Hunger Strike kept mounting with support and solidarity pouring from all over the world. The Regional chapters of Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) took initiatives in organizing various campaigns such as token hunger strike, candle light vigil

The decision to invite the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to take part in this August’s Tattoo just a month after the Dalai Lama’s trip to Scotland was a mistake, Edinburgh’s Lord Provost said yesterday, amid growing fears over policing.

With just over a week until the Dalai Lama arrives in Canada for a visit, Prime Minister Paul Martin still hasn't decided whether he'll meet the exiled leader of Tibet's Buddhists.

Tibetan exiles have called on Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to meet the Dalai Lama on his upcoming visit to Ottawa, accusing the Canadian leader of bowing to pressure from China.

The man who many Buddhists regard as a living god walks into the room and, before sitting down, displays his famous sense of humour. 'There's a rumour going around Tibet that I have died,' he says through an interpreter.

In the summer of 1987, Tom Peosay, an NBC cameraman, went on what was intended to be a vacation, trekking in Nepal. Soon enough, it wasn't. "It was really a fluke," said Peosay recently.

The North East Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (NERTYC) today organized a 24-hour hunger strike at Court More, Siliguri, to stress the longstanding demand for religious education of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima, at Tashi Lhunpo monastery.