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A Special Executive Magistrate ordered an interim bail without any sureties to 27 members of TYC who were remanded for judicial custody at Tihar Central Jail. These members were arrested in front of the Chinese Embassy on 24th October

Prince Charles with YOTA's executive director Linda Cruse

It was a moment of elation for the five young Tibetans who had the rare opportunity to interact with Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales who is currently on a nine-day tour of India.

Thirty-three Tibetans, including seven children, travelling through Nepal enroute to Dharamsala in India were arrested here for not carrying valid travel documents, police said.

Beijing's plan to pacify this restive Himalayan province involves a $3.2-billion railroad that will connect the rest of China to the frozen Tibetan plateau known as the roof of the world.

Nine members of TYC arrested on 22nd October night in front of Hotel Taj Palace was today produced in the court of Special Executive Magistrate Sh. M. R. Mehmi at 2 PM.

Rocker Sting has donated his fee of a travel essay that he wrote for a Men's Journal about his 2003 trip to Nepal to a Buddhist monk school.

Ngawang Choephel, the Tibetan Fulbright scholar recently released from a Chinese prison, and Bhuchung Tsering, director of the International Campaign for Tibet, will speak 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, left, looks in the direction of the third ranking Lama in Tibetan Buddhism Karmapa, right, at the 43rd anniversary of the Tibetan Children's Village School at Dharamsala, India, Monday, Oct. 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Ashwani Bhatia)

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to depart Dharamsala on 30th October for 12-day visit to Japan. His Holiness arrives in Tokyo on Friday, October 31st and in the evening attends a welcome Reception organized by the main host of the visit.