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Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said with the opening of Nathu La Pass as a point for Sino-India border trade the Sikkim will gradually cease to be an issue between the two countries and reiterated that there was no change in New Delhi's stand on Tibet.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) before a welcoming ceremony in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.(AFP/Andrew Wong)

British Prime Minister Tony Blair failed to tackle human rights in talks with China's leaders Monday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said. "The human rights question was not touched upon in meetings between Tony Blair and Chinese

The Indian government has assured powerful Buddhist groups from Sikkim that it is considering their demand to allow a senior Tibetan religious leader to visit his temporal seat of power in the northeastern state.

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The European Commission's Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten, has said that in 2003 the EU will work to support the ratification and implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by China.

The Dalai Lama, winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, will give an address Sept. 21 titled "Healing the Divide" at a concert in Avery Fisher Hall at New York's Lincoln Center.

Sikkim hopes to launch a bus service to Tibet on the back of a new chapter in improved ties between Beijing and New Delhi, an official has said. The announcement came as Sikkim's Chief Minister Pawang Chamling prepared to fly to New Delhi

Four tibetan buddhist monks have flown to UK for the tibet arts festival - an interactive exhibition displaying the rich and unique art of tibet - as part of the UK's year of cultural diversity 2003 celebrations.

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