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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.

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Tibet is going to be introduced to television audiences at last. The two parts of a brand-new documentary, ‘Thrilling Exploration to Tibet’ (MBC), will debut at 11:10 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

Tibetans living-in-exile in India held a special prayer meeting in Dharamsala seeking the release of one of their leaders sentenced to death by a Chinese court.

Md Ramazan and Md Ramzan Altaf Bhatt were among the hundreds who had gathered at St Joseph’s College to pay obeisance to the Dalai Lama today. Part of the tiny Tibetan Muslim community, they were waiting to thank His Holiness on behalf of their “forefathers”.

Nepal has recently banned traders from Tibet from entering its territory in the Solu Khumbu region to conduct commerce and trade, in contravention to a decade-old agreement of free cross-border movement, according to some Nepalese and Tibetan businessmen from the region.

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Kalimpong and Darjeeling are close to my heart and I feel honoured to be in the town: with these words, the Dalai Lama’s took his seat on the shudi (a throne specially built for him) at St Joseph’s College (North Point) ground.

On the eve of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s first visit to North America, and marking one year since China sentenced prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche to death, Tibetans and Tibet support groups worldwide launched an intensified campaign for his release.