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Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso receives a kata, or traditional greeting scarf, from Teco Rubio, 13, and returns a blessing and a wish for a good life Sunday as Ender Garcia, 13, waits to pay his respects. Gyatso made a presentation at a book-signing Sunday at the Nugget Mall. The offering of the kata to lamas and others who are being honored is an ancient custom among Tibetans. SEANNA O'SULLIVAN/ THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

During his 33 years as a prisoner of conscience in Chinese labors camps and prisons in Tibet, Tibetan lama Palden Gyatso was dangled over fire as if he was a human steak. He was routinely kicked and whipped while pulling a plow for more than nine hours a day.

Chinese troops have staged a day of counter-terrorism exercises in Tibet to practise fighting "terrorists" aligned with exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, officials and a Tibetan newspaper said.

According to a UN press release of 14 November, New Zealand has again urged the Chinese authorities to open dialogue on Tibet. Speaking at a debate on “Human Rights Questions” of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly Friday, Don Mackay

China is working to end the unauthorized movement of Tibetans to Nepal, the usual transit route for Tibetans heading to their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's base in India, the Chinese ambassador here said Friday.

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Leading Chinese human rights activist Harry Wu has supported the call for the European Union to appoint a special representative on Tibet saying such a position will reflect EU's sincerety in defending the right of the downtrodden.

Tibetans in Kandze (Ch: Garzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP) continue to openly resist measures against freedom of expression and religious freedom imposed by Chinese authorities there. According to reports from Kandze residents incidents of protest, including the pasting of wall posters

The European Union should get serious about Tibet and push China to start talks with the Dalai Lama, the territory's spiritual leader, without preconditions, European MPs said Thursday.

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