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Brandeis University has donated the bulk of its Tibetan art collection to a New York museum in a move the school said is aimed at preserving rare pieces of Tibetan culture for the Tibetan people, the school announced Tuesday.

On September 8 the U.S. Senate passed, by unanimous consent, a resolution honoring Tibet's Dalai Lama and welcoming him to the United States.

On the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Dalai Lama will offer a public teaching at Washington National Cathedral on cultivating peace as an antidote to violence.

The Dalai Lama is to visit Japan in November for two days of public peaking engagements, his supporters said Monday. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader will appear at Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on November 1 and 2, according to the Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Once famous as the cradle of Tibetan civilization, the dusty city of Tsetang today looks more like an outpost of Chinese culture. The People's Liberation Army maintains a base here, and Chinese characters elbow out Tibetan script on signs.

Tibetan monks watch visiting journalists at Tushilumpo Monastery, the headquarters of Shikatse Prefecture in Tibet on August 23, 2003. (REUTERS/Guang Niu/File Photo)

In the sun-soaked courtyards and cobblestone paths of Buddhist Tibet's Tashilhunpo monastery, an ageing monk sings the praises of 13-year-old Gyaltsen Norbu.

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is visitng Washington. He was received Monday by the Capital Area Tibetan community and other Tibetan supporters. The Dalai Lama he will be in the capitial for three days.

It had been almost two decades since Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) last toured Ladakh - once Tibetan satellite State, now Indian territory.

A Chinese woman visits the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, which is 3.6 km (2.2 miles) above sea level, on August 26, 2003. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of th invasion by British troops, led by adventurer Francis Younghusband, who reached Lhasa in 1904. (REUTERS/Guang Niu)