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Beijing gives facelift to Tibet’s Potala palace

China is giving a dramatic facelift to the Potala Palace, former home of the exiled Dalai Lama, as part of Beijing's efforts to protect the most lucrative and culturally sensitive symbols of the restive region.

Dalai Lama will not be allowed back to Potala Palace

If the exiled Dalai Lama is permitted to return to Tibet it is highly unlikely he would be allowed to live in his traditional home, the 1,300-year-old Potala Palace, officials said Tuesday.

Nepal Adopts New Policy on Tibetan Refugees

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Nepal Adopts New Policy on Tibetan Refugees

Following the May 31 forced deportation of 18 Tibetan refugees from Kathmandu by Nepalese authorities working in collusion with the Chinese Embassy, an international campaign of governmental and non-governmental approaches

Dalai Lama must accept conditions for return: China

The Dalai Lama might return to Tibet but only as a Chinese citizen and he must renounce all notions of Tibetan independence so that negotiations with Beijing could progress, Tibet's new Governor said.

Dalai Lama says China contacts must yield results

The Dalai Lama said talks with China over greater autonomy for Tibet must yield results in the next two or three years, or he could no longer justify his conciliatory approach to youths clamouring for independence.

China Pushing Ahead With Railway to Tibet

A Railway Bridge is seen under construction over Lhasa River Monday, Aug. 25, 2003 in Lhasa, Tibet, far west of China. The bridge will be completed in 2005. Photo by Eugene Hoshiko

China Pushing Ahead With Railway to Tibet

Basang has never laid eyes on a train — unless you count the ones he's seen in movies or on the old television shows that feed his curiosity about the world beyond the Tibetan plateau.

Central Tibetan Administration Mourns the Demise of Bhutanese Gayum Phuntsho Choden

The Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed its deep regret over the passing away of Her Majesty Ashi Phuntsho Choden, affectionately known to the Bhutanese people as Gayum Angay

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