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The Canada Tibet Committee says 126 members of Parliament will be pressing Prime Minister Paul Martin to meet with the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan leader visits Ottawa in April.

The fourth World Social Forum (WSF), being held in the Indian town of Mumbai from January 16 to 21, 2004, will host a series of events highlighting the rights of the Tibetan people

Harvard University has reprimanded undergraduate Megan Howard for shouting pro-Tibetan slogans during a speech there by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, RFA’s Tibetan service reports.

In a letter received today, 14th January, South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier pledged Roman Catholic Support for the Tibetan Cause. The Letter was addressed to the Christian Friends of Tibet

We resumed our rally with our national anthem at the last halt at around 9 a.m. comprising of 46 students. We cycled around the city and recieved a very warm reception from the leaders of the town and they offered us tea on the way to Warangal which was our last halt for the day.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that the Ayodhya issue involves "too much of politics and emotions" and the "master key" to solve it lies in the country's "tradition of religious tolerance".

Tibetans and supporters hailed BP's decision yesterday to divest its stake in PetroChina, China's largest state-owned oil company. BP has been the target of a campaign by Tibetans and activists since it became PetroChina's largest foreign shareholder

British Petroleum PLC (BP), the global energy giant, announced on January 13, 2004, that it had concluded its 2% stake in PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina) on January 12, 2004.

A week long photo exhibition of contemporary Tibetan history opened yesterday evening in the Upper Waiting Hall of the Palace of Westminster (British Parliament) under the aegis of the UK-All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet.

The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Tuesday welcomed the initiative taken by Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to resolve the Ayodhya tangle, saying "it will be a giant step forward