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Yesterday was a memorable day for the Friuli-Venice Giulia Buddhist community when Sakya Trizin, the highest authority in the Sakya sect of Tibetan Buddhism, arrived in Trieste.

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.

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.

Seal of the govern-ment of Nepal

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

China revealed for the first time Tuesday that the Dalai Lama was invited to return to Tibet in 1989 to attend the funeral of an important Tibetan Lama, but he turned down the opportunity.

The Chinese national flag is hoisted with the famed Potala Palace as background on Tuesday Aug. 26, 2003 in Barkhor in Lhasa, Tibet, far west of China. The Potala Palace was once the center of the Tibetan government and winter residence of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Look one direction over the rock and mud walls of Tibet’s oldest building, and the gold and olive-coloured barley fields look like mats padding the Yarlung Valley, the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.

In a press release issued today by the National Democratic party of Tibet here at Dharamsala, an immense grief and condolence have been expressed to the victims and relatives of the terrorist attack in Mumbai few days back.

Kalmyk President briefing reporters, also seen are bishop Zosimo and Mr. Tashi, Representative, Tibet Culture and Information Center