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A new report by a Tibetan group says the Chinese government has built up a network of portals portraying Tibet as a backward but integral part of China : sparking a counter-offensive by independent Tibetan groups for whom the Internet is the only battleground.

Chinese President Hu Zintao should explain the torture and death of a Tibetan Buddhist monk when he visits Australia next month, Greens Senator Bob Brown said today.

Police in Dandeldhura arrested 11 Tibetans for illegal entry into Nepal, a radio report said. The 11 Tibetans, including three children and one woman, have been sent yo Dhangadi at an unspecified date, the radio report said.

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John Kenneth Knaus, writer of a revealing book on American involvement with the Tibetan resistance, is giving a talk at Harvard University on "America's Contribution to the Tibetans' Struggle for Survival" on October 10, 2003.

He shoulders the struggle of an entire nation. As the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people, he fights a continuous battle for a cause.

Wind through this collection of prayer flags is thought to carry blessings into the surroundings.(JASON SANGSTER)

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures while a addressing a three-day Festival of Sacred Chanting and Singing in New Delhi.(AFP/Raveendran )

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama extolled the virtues of music as a way to bring peace as he opened a three-day festival here of chants from the world's different religions.

Chinese President Hu Jintao will not be shielded from protesters when he visits New Zealand in a fortnight. Prime Minister Helen Clark said China's most senior politician would be treated with dignity