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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

The Tibetan monk who died last week while serving a prison term for putting up anti-Chinese posters has left behind a letter, obtained by Radio Free Asia (RFA), in which he describes torture he suffered at the hands of his Chinese jailers.

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Tibetans from New York and New Jersey celebrated the Tibetan Youth Congress anniversary on October 4th 2003. The chief guest for the occasion was Dr. Ngawang Rabgyal with Ms. Ngawang Sangdrol as the distinguished guest.

China has strongly protested a report by the US Congress which criticized its human rights record and "tepid" response to the AIDS crisis, calling the report an "interference" in China's internal affairs.

The chanting of sacred mantras echoed throughout the Dobbs University Center Thursday as monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery bade farewell to the fourth annual Tibet Week.

Garlanded Gose Lama during the felicitation ceremony

According to “Lake of Compassion”, a publication by Mahabodhi Society of India, Ven. Thupten Jungney (Saddharmakirti Mahaguru), popularly known as Gen Gose, was felicitated on his 80th Birthday at a ceremony in Sarnath, India last month.

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)