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A Taiwanese citizen who has been recognized as the reincarnation of a Tibetan Buddhist lama is free from fulfilling his military service obligations because he qualifies as an oversea Chinese, the government departments said yesterday.

Nepal and Tibet, autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China, have signed an eight-point memorandum of understanding here to promote of tourism between the two neighbours.

Pema Dorji, a Tibetan monk from the Gaden Jangtse Tsawa Khangtsen monastery in India sits in Dolma Ling, the monastery’s only U.S. center, which opened in Lebanon on Sunday (Valley News -- Jennifer Hauck)

Outside, men unloaded kegs of beer from a truck, while inside, men laid out sand. The sand, colored from gold to blue hues, was scooped up and delicately poured into a circular pattern symbolizing compassion.

The Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China has 448.2 billion cubic meters of water, ranking top in the country in terms of water volume, a latest survey indicates.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) secures to children the basic rights to food, shelter, healthcare, and an education. It also states that, to implement the Convention

A Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman has said that the Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is now a student and "studying well" while a monk official in Kumbum Monastery confirmed the arrival of the other boy

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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has announced that he is visiting China from August 17 to 19, 2003, but Tibet does not seem to be among the issues he will be raising with the Chinese leaders.

As opposed to the many Tibetan pop music that comes handy these days, it is not quite often when you see a Tibetan singing Jazz. And even rarer so to have composed a whole album. That’s what exactly thirty eight year old Kesang Dawa is all about.