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Sonam fled Tibet for Nepal so that she could freely practise her religion and become a Buddhist nun. In Nepal she joined a convent, but then abruptly left it because she feared authorities would send her back to Tibet.

Tibetan Students' Association Madras will hold a 'Tibet Festival" on 18 and 19 of January. According to the members of TSAM, the two-day festival is aimed at informing the residents of Chennai about the rich cultural heritage of the Himalayan kingdom known to the world as 'forbidden kingdom'.

Hot wings and spicy chicken legs could soon tempt palates in Tibet as KFC wings its way to the roof of the world and the only part of China it has yet to conquer.

The issue of Tibet is a remnant of the Great Game. Only now the playing fields are a tiny town in northern India and the Great Hall of People via Hong Kong. For the past decade or so the Tibetan issue has taken unfathomable twists and turns

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".