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New Delhi, Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama Monday sought to project this country as a destination for "spiritual tourism", saying a visit to its Buddhist holy sites would help people enrich their lives.

The local authorities of China's Tibet Autonomous Region have launched a series of urgent measures on bird flu control to prevent the epidemic from spreading outsidethis capital of the region, where Tibet's first suspected case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was confirmed Monday.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended to Secretary of State Colin Powell that China be designated as a "country of particular concern" (CPC) due to systemic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom in Tibet and China.

China's lines in the sand are not hard to find - and on certain issues the leadership doesn't care how hard it tramples on human rights to make certain the line stays firm. Tibet is one of those issues.

China today confirmed seven cases of suspected bird flu, including the first in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, which shares a long border with India.

Come Losar and Tibetans go into a festive mood as it is an annual occasion when the entire Tibetan community has a reason to plunge into joy and merry-making. They make new year resolutions amid the air of festivity and jubilation.

Snow blanketed this capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region Feb. 15 morning, an unusual sight for February that local people called an auspicious greeting for the upcoming Tibetan New Year.

It was hard to reach Khyentse Norbu, Tibetan spiritual leader-turned-film director, as he traveled from his native Bhutan to Sydney, Australia, then to Tokyo and Honolulu on his way to the Miami International Film Festival

Sitting on blue and teal pillows, a Tibetan monk draped in a maroon robe leaned close to the ground to touch up a yin and yang symbol the size of a thumbnail.

"When young, I fought the Chinese with sword and fist. Now, I am old and a bhikshu, I continue to fight them albeit through Peace Marches". Said Rev. Jampa Wangchuk, a septuagenarian from Drekung Monastery