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The Himachal Government has accepted the project of the International University of Buddhist Studies to be established here. In a statement here today, University’s founder Chancellor Prof Swami Buddhanand said

Khentse Norbu showed moviegoers the passion of Tibetan monks for football with bits of humour and sentiments intertwined in The Cup at a time when the world was slowly recovering from the 1998 world cup fever.

The European Union should demand clear progress on human rights from China during their bilateral human rights dialogue this week, Human Rights Watch urged today in an open letter. The meeting is scheduled for November 27-28 in Beijing.

The Nepalese authorities have released nine Tibetans who crossed the border from China without travel documents two years ago after an overseas Tibetan organization provided money for their fines, RFA's Tibetan service reports.

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday encouraged the international community to "make good friends" with China, saying it would be the best way to help the Tibetan cause. Asked at a news conference in Rome

The Dalai Lama chuckles as hr answers questions at a news conference in Rome, Wednesday Nov. 26, 2003. The Dalai Lama is in Italy at the invitation of a bipartisan inter-parliamentary group, which last month pushed through a resolution in parliament's lower chamber calling for the Italian government to take all possible initiatives to resolve the Tibet dispute. (AP Photo/Corrado Giambalvo)

Countries shouldn't confront China directly on the delicate Tibet issue but rather befriend it and then work to promote human rights and religious freedom through a trusting relationship with Beijing, the Dalai Lama said Wednesday.

Nepal and the People's Republic of China (PRC) define their relationship as 'warm' and based on cooperation and mutual respect, but practices along the Tibet-Nepal border reveal an unequal partnership, skewed to the disadvantage of the Nepalese.

Dharamsala 27 November- A Fulbright aspirant will now have to apply for a course out of a list of twenty-five pre-decided educational courses as per the requirements of the Tibetan

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