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Seven people are missing and one person was injured in a recent massive avalanche in Medog county, in the eastern part of the Tibet autonomous region, a report said on Friday.

Every year, pilgrims and tourists from all over the world travel to this picturesque north Indian hill station to glimpse the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader.

While movies like "Kundun" and "Seven Years in Tibet" have struggled to depict the majesty of the ancient Himalayan culture, there's nothing like the truth.

Major Vijay Singh Mankotia, the minister of Tourism, Himachal state government (Tenzin Sonam/Phayul)

The hill-town head quarters of the exile Tibetan government today swayed in joy amid a chorus of Indian and Tibetan traditional music as the celebrations to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize on His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened here.

Harvard University President Lawrence Summers (L) is forced to take the podium during Premier of China Wen Jiabao's speech when an unidentified member of the audience (front) stood up and spoke out in protest of China's treatment of Tibet at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts December 10, 2003. The unidentified woman was escorted out of the auditorium. (REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was barracked by a sole pro-Tibet protestor as he delivered a speech at Harvard University at the end of an official, four-day US visit.

The 33 members of RTYC DHARWAD demonstrated to mark the International Human Rights Day. The day began with a speech from President of RTYC at around 10:30AM followed by demonstration in the main market of Dharwad. Later in the day RTYC members started blood signature campaign at Kala Bhawan. Blood campaign signature was a resolution made during the 34th TYC meeting at Shillong. A letter has been sent to 110 organisations including United Nations Gen. Sec. Kofi Anan, UN Human Rights commision Mary Robinson and IOC. The main demands of this blood signature campaign are: 1.TO RELEASE PANCHEN LAMA,THE WORLD YOUNGEST POLITICAL PRISONER. 2.TO RELAESE TRULKU TENZIN DELECK AND GESHE SONAM PHUNTSOK.. 3.TO WITHDRAWN THE 2008 OLYMPIC AT CHINA. The blood signature campaign received support from many locals. By PENPA TSERING (FORMER PRESIDENT OF RTYC DHARWAD)

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Several Tibetans demonstrate for a Free Tibet, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003, shouting out against China's policy towards Tibet outside Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Mass. where Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived as part of his official visit to North America. The demonstrators demanded that the death sentence of Tibetan Buddihist leader Delek Rinpoche be overturned. Photo by Bizuayehu Tesfaye