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Nine Tibetans who fled their homeland for political freedom were arrested in eastern Nepal for illegally entering the country, officials said on Wednesday.

With China mulling to construct a huge hydropower dam to tame river Brahmaputra that originates in Tibet, the water flow to India and Bangladesh is set to be affected. China's official Xinhua news agency today reported from Lhasa

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Prayer flags are hung for missing relatives at the site of a landslide in Danba county in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Garze, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. More than 50 people are missing and one person is confirmed dead after a massive mudslide was dislodged by flash floods.

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A Rochester church promotes peace and unity through an ancient art. It is called Mandala painting. Tibetan monks use colored sand funneled through a metal tube to create an image.

Leh, July 16 - Tibetan Buddhists in the Himalayan region of Ladakh recently celebrated the two-day Hemis festival. The main function was held at the isolated monastery of Hemis, 45 kilometers from Leh, capital of Ladakh.

Bhutanese spiritual leader-turned film director Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche looks at a trailer of his latest film, "Travellers and Magicians" on a laptop computer in New Delhi(AFP/File/Rob Elliot)

The silence of the lama has proved short-lived -- Bhutanese spiritual leader-turned film director Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, who won international acclaim in 2000 with his movie "The Cup", is ready to captivate audiences again with another dose of his Himalayan magic.

Mr. Anthony Cary, Chief of the Cabinet of EU Commissioner Patten, received Ms. Ngawang Sangdrol at the European Commission.