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Mt. Kailash or Ghang Rinpoche may find a place in the UNESCO World Nature Heritage soon. The Tibet Initiative Deutschland is all set to add Kailash Region on the list of World Nature Heritage, thus hoping to protect Kailash from commercialization and destruction.

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is due to arrive in France on Friday for a week-long visit.

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.

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The low buzzing sounded like a giant beehive. Upon entering the Padmasambhava Buddhist Temple in the city of Bylakuppe, India, I saw the origins of the sound. About a hundred young Tibetan Buddhist monk initiates were chanting

There are times when newshounds looking for those exclusive bytes manage to get none at all. The reason then is not because the person concerned speaks in Tibetan or that he has a squad of security personnel guarding every move or that he

Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures while addressing a group of Tibetan students in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh October 5, 2003. (REUTERS/Ajay Verma)

Interacting with a small group of Tibetans on Sunday afternoon, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said that the United States administration is "very supportive" of Tibet's cause.

US Congressional Executive Commission on China had earlier condemned the gross violation of human rights in Tibet by China. It had expressed serious concern and dissatisfaction against China on human rights record in Tibet.