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Ceremony for the first Tibetan Music Awards ended Saturday amid much fanfare and jubilations. A major attraction of the 4th Free Spirit Festival, the music award is aimed at encouraging the budding artistes of the Tibetan community and giving them the due recognition for their work

The Chinese government called on the European Union (news - web sites) to lift a ban on arms sales to China which has been in place since the Tiananmen Square massacre 14 years ago, state media reported.

Exiled Tibetan students have found a new way to augment funds for their political activities. Recently, they organized a multi-cultural show here, which included performing traditional Tibetan folk dances.

An official of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission said yesterday that a man who claimed to be a Tibetan lama when he was arrested Thursday for soliciting a prostitute is actually an illegal migrant from Nepal.

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, in a message sent to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday, expressed shock over the attempt on the latter’s life and wished him a speedy recovery.

Eleven Tibetan refugees arrested on Tuesday for illegally entering Nepal were sent to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Kathmandu, today.

Tibet National soccer team played today at the inaugural match of 25th All India Governors Gold Cup Tournament at the Bhaichung Stadium in Namchi by invitation and courtesy of the Sikkim Football Association (SFA).

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Thirty-seven Members of the United States House of Representatives have signed on as co-sponsors of a resolution (H. RES. 157) calling on China to immediately release Phuntsok Nyidron (also spelled as Phuntsog Nyidron) and all Tibetan prisoners of conscience.

Writer and Activist Tenzin Tsundue speaking at the valedictory of the Festival of Tibet organised by Tibetan Students' Association, Magalore and Friends of Tibet (India) in Mangalore on Wednesday.