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Rescuers clear the site of a landslide on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway in Linzhi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Friday, July 11, 2003. Nineteen people were buried in a landslide Wednesday caused by two-week-long rainfalls. Six bodies have so far been found. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Tu Deng)

Sixteen bodies of workers who were buried by a landslides on the Sichuan-Tibet highway, one of the highest roads in China, have been found, an official report said. Rescuers said that the bodies of all the victims have been found.

Hundreds of monks and Buddhist devouts assembled at the concluding ceremony of a five-day Tibetan annual prayers for world peace in Dharamsala on Friday. The annual prayer at Namgyal monastery was organised by the Tibetan-government-in exile

The first lady of Peru, Eliane Karp Toledo, called upon Tibet’s spiritual and temporal leader the His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala on Friday. Eliane is currently in India participating in a conference of "Dialogue among Civilisations" in New Delhi. In the meeting that lasted about 30 minutes, Mrs. Eliane and the Dalai Lama discussed on solving religious intolerance in the world. Mrs. Eliane also briefed the Dalai Lama the current situation in Peru. Her daughter, Chantal, is also accompanying for her two-day stay in Dharamsala. Mrs. Eliane wrote “For Peace to all of us and finally forever.” in the remarks-book of the museum. Photo by Prem Sood

Introducing the meeting, Bruno Mellano (Radical member of the Regional Council and Co-ordinator of the Italian Association of Communes, Provinces and Regions for Tibet) recalled the following passage from the European Parliament Resolution of 6 July 2000:"

Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun has said the first-ever railway link to the remote Himalayan region of Tibet should be first-class and safe. During an inspection tour of the Qinghai-Tibet railway construction site

Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha said Thursday that preparations were underway for the first high-level talks with China to resolve a border dispute that led the two Asian neighbours to war in 1962.

At least 17 workers were buried and are presumed dead in a landslide on the Sichuan-Tibet highway, a major road that connects southwestern China with the Himalayan plateau, state media reported on Friday.

According to a UNESCO press release on 10 July 2003, Fifteen new sites in 10 countries have been added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves, including the first members of the network in Slovenia and Yemen.

Gangtok's RTYC president receiving the prize from the former Kalon Tripa Sonam Topgyal