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Travellers and Magicians, Khyentse Rinpoche's second feature film after the much praised The Cup, was shown in a packed cinema hall during the 47th London Film Festival. Filmed in Bhutan with a cast entirely of non-professional actors and spoken in Dzongkha dialect

Assam's concern over reports about China planning to divert the course of the Brahmaputra found an echo in the Union ministry of water resources, which today wrote to the external affairs ministry for an update on the "factual position".

The Dalai Lama may still be an innocent abroad but he comes with the sort of entourage that would make any celebrity proud.

In the lobby of the Hotel de Crillon, in Paris’s Place de la Concorde, a small, nervous huddle is beginning to form, their pallor and general dinginess thrown into sharp relief by the Baccarat crystal chandeliers and the manicured elegance of the paying guests.

Ngawang Choephel spoke in chops, stopping mid-sentence and using a quiet but resolute voice as he reflected upon his six years of imprisonment by the Chinese. Surprisingly, the film he came to Princeton to discuss was partly the reason he was previously serving an 18-year sentence.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP), English daily published from Hong Kong, has reported on the tremendous public response to the Dalai Lama during his recent trips to the United States and Europe.

The Tibet Forum will identify various steps the EU can take to help advance a dialogue process between Tibetans and Chinese and will discuss the appointment of a European Special Representative for Tibet.

A fresco of Buddha is defaced by a bullet hole at temple ruins in central Tibet, an image from Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion, part of the Amnesty International Film Festival.

The documentary Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion, which opens the eighth Amnesty International Film Festival tonight at Pacific Cinémathèque, contains extraordinary footage, both archival and that exclusively shot by director Tom Peosay.

Photo by Nicole Riner