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A recording of sacred Tibetan Buddhist chants by Tibetan monks from a monastery near Dharamsala, India, is one of the nominations for the 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which were announced in Beverly Hills, CA, on December 4, 2003.

Tibetan Youth Congress information secretary Jigme Ghadong on Thursday called upon the students to mount pressure on the Indian government to help the Tibetans get freedom. Interacting with the students of Andra Loyala College, Ghadong

Tshering Yangzom (name changed) did not know what the Dalai Lama looked like until today, when she saw the spiritual leader after a journey fraught with danger lurking at every step.

Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences Ezra Vogel (left) moderated the panel. Tibetan activist Lobsang Sangay, currently an S.J.D. candidate at HLS, participated. (Photo by Marc Halevi)

Twice this year, delegations representing the Dalai Lama have gone to Beijing to hold talks with officials of the Chinese government. Many have interpreted these discussions as a sign that tensions between Beijing and the Tibetan religious leader are easing

Last year, there were separate eyewitness reports by Western mountain climbers of Chinese border police firing upon Tibetan refugees as well as pursuing refugees across Nangpa la into Nepal territory.

A clarification for English scholars preceded the Dalai Lama’s sermons at St Joseph’s College ground today. Lamas, he said, were not “living Buddhas” as many westerners described them.

The Boycott Made in China Campaign is a loose worldwide coalition of Tibetan organizations, Tibet support groups, Chinese dissident groups, human rights and other activist and advocacy groups, and of course, many individuals of conscience.

China on Thursday denied as "misleading" reports that it had entered into formal "negotiations" with the envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama to resolve the 'Tibet issue.'

The doors of communication between China's Central government and the Dalai Lama are wide open, a senior Chinese official was quoted as saying on Thursday by Xinhua news agency.