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Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Joseph Biden (D-DE) have introduced a resolution welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Washington, D.C., in September and recognizing him for his lifelong commitment to non-violence and human rights.

Four Tibetans detained in Nepal were returned to Chinese authorities despite Nepal’s promise to no longer forcefully return Tibetan refugees to China, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

Tibet is eyeing India, Nepal and Bhutan to export garlic to the three major South Asian markets, a report said today. Already, Gyangze county in the Tibet autonomous region of Southwest China has contracted to export 150 tonnes of garlic to Nepal.

The Chinese press has published an unusually factual and restrained bylined article summarising the Dalai Lama¹s "Middle Way" approach, and providing a further indication that officials in China recognise the significance to the Tibetan government in exile

Nepali Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa reiterated Thursday in Kathmandu that Nepal will stick to its principled stand of One-China Policy and will not allow any anti-China activities in Nepal's territory.

China, which controls Tibet for strategic and nationalistic reasons, now has yet another motive to hold on to the Himalayan region, as it has more water than any other part of the country.

The decision by India and China to step up border trade is likely to have spin-off benefits for Nepal, home to several historic routes taken by yak caravans while travelling between India and Tibet in past decades.

El Mercurio, a Spanish language daily from Santiago in Chile, has carried a report on the Tibet-China contact with analytical comments by Tibet and China scholars as well as officials of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and the Chinese Government.

Australia's annual human rights talk with China, just completed, is an "absurdity" which not only fails to deliver results but helps China avoid international criticism of its human rights record, according to a leading Australian academic.

Cover of Dangerous Crossing 2002, ICT's second annual report on Tibetan refugees.