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Tibetans in Choepheling Settlement in Miao in Arunachal Pradesh State of northeastern India have for the first time elected their settlement officer, according to information made available by the Tibetan Election Commission here today.

A Chinese security "agent" successfully pressured Australia's parliamentary speaker to exclude three activists from the public gallery during a speech by Chinese President Hu Jintao, a senator said.

India and China began a first round of talks on Thursday to seek a solution to a decades-old border dispute that has bedevilled ties between the world's two most populous nations.

Activists of the Tibetan Youth Congress shout anti-Chinese slogans during a demonstration in New Delhi October 23, 2003. The activists protested the arrival of the Chinese senior Vice Foreign Minister, Dai Bingguo to India. Dai is holding the first round of talks on Thursday with Indian officials to accelerate resolution of a decades-old border dispute between India and China. (REUTERS/Kamal Kishore)

Nine members (male) of Tibetan Youth Congress was today sent to Tihar Central Jail and has been remanded to judicial custody till 27th October by Special Executive Magistrate, Police Station Parliament Street, New Delhi District.

A young Tibetan schoolboy shows off his English letter-writing skills. A 13-year-old Tibetan schoolboy has miraculously memorized large parts of the world's longest poem after having had a mysterious dream.(AFP/File)

Allegedly having had a dream, a 13- year-old Tibetan boy has since been able to tell Tibetans' most respected story about a legendary hero -- King Gesser, which is also the longest epic in the world.

Tibetan antelope or Chiru (Photo: CITES)

The U.S. government listed the Tibetan antelope, called chiru, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. The listing was made in response to a petition filed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Tibetan Plateau Project.

Greens Senator Bob Brown says it is the responsibility of all politicians, including the New South Wales Premier Bob Carr, to raise human rights abuses with the visiting Chinese President.