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New measures are being introduced in Tibet to combat rising unemployment and a growing underclass of unskilled Tibetan workers due to the influx of skilled Chinese workers to Lhasa and other areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

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.

Protesters in front of the DC Chinese Embassy

The international human rights day was marked here today with Christian and Buddhist prayers and laying of wreath at the Memorial for Victims of Torture at Westminster Abbey, in memory of Tibetans who have died and are suffering as a result of China’s occupation of Tibet.

Around 300 Tibetans and Tibet supporters, including two bus loads of Tibetans from New York, participated in a series of events in Washington, D.C., on December 9, 2003, to draw attention to the situation in Tibet during Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's meetings with

As they push for resolution to a long list of complaints against China, human rights organizations welcomed the arrival in Canada of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday as a chance to voice their concerns.

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has apologised to China for listing Tibet as a ‘neighbouring country’ of China rather than part of the People’s Republic of China on an official website of the FIFA World Cup 2006 launched last week (3 December).

Nepalese authorities have detained four Tibetan children who crossed the border from China seeking refuge, RFA's Tibetan service reports. The four children, aged 8-15, are in police custody in the Tato Pani district of Nepal after crossing the border on Dec. 7