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The capital of fashion world will witness a large gathering of people for a musical concert featuring various artists including monks from Gyuto monastery on October 14.

Tsering Kyi the sole contestant in the second Miss Tibet pageant is declared the unopposed winner of the second Miss Tibet pageant at TIPA on Thursday night. (Photo by Prem Sood)

"I had a tears in my eyes, when Miss Tibet (Dolma Tsering) walked over the ramp with other contestants" says a much elated audeince during the screening of Miss Tourism Inter-Continental held in Malaysia at the Fourth Free Spirit Festival.

The Nepalese border police have arrested 23 more tibetans at a place called Birgunj which is direct border with India. According reliable sources in kathmandu 25 tibetans fleeing tibet through Solokhumbu which lies to the east of nepal bordering western tibet

The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, greets supporters after finishing his talk on 'Secular Ethics' at Madrid's Eurobuilding Hotel October 8, 2003. This was the Dalai Lama´s first stop in Madrid on the start of a two-day visit to the Spanish capital which is scheduled to include conferences and meetings at various private institutions as well as a visit to the European Parliament in Madrid. (REUTERS/Susana Vera)

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday "cultural genocide" was taking place in his homeland, with a wave of ethnic Chinese migrants making Tibetans a minority in their own region.

One hundred and six Canadian Members of Parliament, out of a total strength of 300, have signed a petition to Prime Minister Jean Chretien urging Canada to use its "special relationship with China"

The Chinese embassy in Spain has accused Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, of indulging in secessionist activities.

Dalai Lama delivered a message of peace and renewed his call for Tibet's political autonomy on Thursday when he received a human rights prize during a visit to Spain.

Tibetan monks Ge Nobn (left to right), Geshe Sang Po and Ge Pema practice the creation of the sand mandala, a unique form of religious art in which monks in residence physically create an elaborate mandala from beautifully colored sand. (DTH/Brent Clark)