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US State Department official arrived in Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama and his exiled Tibetan government is based, to supervise funds that Washington has granted Tibetans.

Tseden Dhogonpa was at the right place at the right time when her dream came true. The dream lasted 40 minutes at the Orissa refugee camp in northeastern India, where the 42-year-old Tibetan-Canadian met face to face with the Dalai Lama.

More details have emerged about the torture and maltreatment of 18 Tibetans who were forcibly repatriated by Nepal to Chinese authorities in May 2003.

Ten weeks before a prominent Tibetan Buddhist teacher could be executed for crimes he did not commit, Tibetans and supporters shall target seventeen Chinese government offices with protests demanding the release of the religious leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche.

Releasing the 2003 report on Human Rights in Tibet at the World Social Forum this week, the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) urged the international community to pressure the Chinese government to release one of Tibet's most charismatic religious leaders

The Dalai Lama is likely to be the new mediator in the dispute over the Babri masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya. But while the Dalai Lama's credentials to mediate in the dispute are impeccable, the possibility that he will find a solution acceptable to both sides seems bleak.

Dorjee Lama looks out over Bodhnath stupa, the spiritual center of the Tibetan Buddhist community in Nepal. Brilliantly lit snowcapped ridges float above the Kathmandu Valley. But Dorjee Lama does not look as far as the mountains.

David Byrne, Ray Davies, Bright Eyes, Yo La Tengo, Keb' Mo', Nawang Khechog and artistic director Philip Glass will perform at the 14th annual Tibet House benefit concert. The event will be held Feb. 25 at New York's Carnegie Hall.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has urged the followers of the late Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok that the important thing for them at this sad period is to practice the oral teachings and transmissions given by the Khenpo.

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