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The spirit of giving was alive and well in Mount Shasta the evening of December 5th as citizens opened their hearts and wallets to support Lama Tenzin's efforts to provide care for orphaned children in India.

Commenting today after a parliamentary debate which discussed lifting the European Union's embargo on arms sales to China, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Co-President of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament, said:

The Tibetan Youth Association of Europe and the Committee of 100 for Tibet are pleased to announce a conference "Shaping the Future of Tibet: Self-Determination and Individual Activism" to be held in Einsiedeln, Switzerland

The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, two Nobel Peace Prize winners, will be among four major spiritual leaders visiting Vancouver for a round of events beginning April 17, 2004.

There has been some change in the Chinese attitude towards Tibet as the Chinese authorites have spoken to his representatives directly, said Tibetan spirtual leader Dalai Lama during a discourse at the State Banquet Hall here this evening.

A 107-feet high Lord Buddha statue built by Tibetan refugees is attracting hundreds of devotees and tourists here. The religious complex has been financed mainly by a Thailand-based monastery, which promotes Buddhism across the world.

According to information received by TibetNet, a Tibetan political prisoner died at a hospital in Shigatse after imprisonment by the Chinese authorities,. The prisoner, Tenzin Phuntsok died on the morning of 8 September this year.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a three-day teaching here at Tsuglakhang from 29 to 31 December, 2003. The teaching commences on the day of ‘Ten Good Omen’ of the Tibetan Lunar calendar.

Two groups listed by China as ”terrorist” organizations denounced the move on Tuesday as a politically motivated act unfairly targeting Muslims, while human rights activists said peaceful dissenters were being scapegoated.

TCHRD received confirmed information that Nyima Tsering, 65, a teacher, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment term by Gyantse Intermediate People’s Court in June 2003 on charges of “inciting the masses”.