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The Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, leaves a hotel in Bombay after a routine health check-up, during his visit, December 1, 2003. The Dalai Lama said last week that he was extremely eager to negotiate with China about the treatment of Tibet and was optimistic about the outcome even though Beijing remained suspicious. Photo by Roy Madhur

Nepal and China will open two new Himalayan trade crossings to boost the Hindu kingdom's trade with Tibet, Nepali officials said today. Agreement on the new crossings, one in eastern Nepal and the other in the west and which bring the total number of trading points to four

Even though Mongolia's influential neighbours China and Russia have not recently hosted Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso XIV or Pope John Paul II, Forum 18 News Service has found that in Mongolia they are welcome guests.

The National Democratic Party of Tibet has appealed to the Chinese authorities to commute the death sentence given to Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a renowned Buddhist leader of Tibet. Rinpoche was sentenced to death on December 2, 2002 with two years reprieve.

The controversy surrounding the Rumtek monastery has deepened with a youth claiming that he is the "real incarnate" of the 16th Karmapa. Dawa Sangpo Dorje has requested Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to allow him to prove his "supernatural power"

Today, 2 December 2003, marks the elapse of one year since Trulku Tenzin Delek, a.k.a Ah-Nga Tashi, a highly respected Buddhist teacher in Lithang County, Kardze Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, was sentenced to death by the Kardze Intermediate People’s Court in Sichuan Province.

Dharamsala, 2 December: As the Tibetans and their supporters mark the first anniversary of the unprecedented death sentence passed on Tenzin Delek Rinpoche (aka Ahnga Tashi) on this day last year, reports have emerged from Tibet that Yeshi Gyatso has been sentenced to

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The Nobel Peace Prize laureates have a role to play in the current debate about reform to the United Nations and the international system, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday.

Mr. Pezzotta ( CISL ) and Mr. Epifani ( CGIL ) brought to His Holiness' attention the efforts they are making to bring about labour reforms in China and also their support for Tibet.