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President Jacques Chirac welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao at Orly Airport on Monday, but some French lawmakers vowed to snub Hu by boycotting his keynote speech to protest Beijing's human rights record.

Singer Paul Simon has interviewed Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama for a documentary about Nobel peace laureates. Simon is the latest in a long line of celebrities to visit the Dalai Lama here

Meeting the Dalai Lama in India will hopefully mean one thing for a local man -- a visit to Calgary by the spiritual leader of Tibetans. That's precisely what Ashid Bahl, president of the For Love of Children Society of Alberta

France's Opposition Green party will boycott an address by Chinese President Hu Jintao to the lower house of Parliament this week in protest at Beijing's "flouting" of human rights, a lawmaker said.

US singer Paul Simon will on Monday join a long line of celebrities who have made their way to the Indian northern hill station of Dharamsala for a meeting with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, an offical said.

A group of Tibetans from Portland, Oregon will be driving to Vancouver B.C. today to protest against the pending execution of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche.

One has dedicated his life to the upliftment of the marginalised sections of society. The other is the head of state in exile and the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. A world in perfect accord is their mission.

Over 50 Tibetans from 17 countries gathered at Einsiedeln, Switzerland to attend “Shaping the future of Tibet” – a conference on Tibetan self-determination and Individual activism.

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.