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The bridge over the river at Lhasa is more than just another Chinese construction site. The terminus of the Tibet railway, China's latest super-project to defeat nature with engineering is also the hook on a fishing line.

On a research project for the United Nations, professor Tom Nazario interviewed Tibetan children who had crossed the icy Himalayas searching for refuge and the Dalai Lama. After he was done, Nazario kept returning to the Indian village where many of the refugees lived

The leader of Russia's Kalmykia region said Friday that local Buddhist believers had invited the Dalai Lama for a visit and said the trip depended on the Russian Foreign Ministry which has twice refused to grant a visa to the Tibetan Buddhist leader.

The players have trained next to Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru stadium

A team of Tibetan footballers are due to leave for Europe soon. The 22-strong squad, named the Tibetan National Football Association, is made up of exiles living in Nepal and India.

Tibet's government in exile has denied a report by Radio Free Asia (RFA) that it requested a future visit to China by 10 senior members of the exiled Tibetan comunity. A spokesman for the exile government says a request for such a visit

A 3 day Enforcement Workshop for the Protection of Tibetan antelope, jointly organized by the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) Management Authority of China and the CITES Secretariat, successfully ended today in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region of China.

The Kalachakra Organizing Committee wishes to announce that persons planning on attending the teachings in Toronto in the spring of 2004 and who require visas for Canada must apply for them on their own.

“The Scotland of East” was all frenzied as the 900 odd local Tibetans and Youth delegates from over 40 regional chapters, geared themselves for the reception of the Former Minister of Tibetan Govt.-in-Exile

Washington, August 29 - Ignoring China's objections to the visit of Dalai Lama to America, the United States has said that the revered religious leader would meet "appropriate" US officials during his visit next month.