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A week before the Dalai Lama's arrival in Canada, Prime Minister Paul Martin's office announced he will meet with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.

The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, met with a member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on Monday during a stopover at Narita airport, east of Tokyo.

Tenzin Gyatso, or the XIV Dalai Lama, is called `Kundun', meaning the `presence' by those close to him. This implies what this festival, which includes a photo exhibition and screening of films, seeks to attain.

The world's first official license plate honoring the Tibetan people and their endangered homeland was unveiled recently during a gathering of the Washington DC area's Tibetan exile community.

Tibetan leader-in-exile, the Dalai Lama has left on a month-long tour of U.S., Canada and U.K. Hundreds of Tibetans waited outside the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala to wish him luck before his departure on Sunday.

The Church of Ireland Gazette has suggested a Church law rethink following the row over Tibetan Buddhist monks being barred from performing at Down Cathedral.

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