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Since the Chinese first occupied Tibet in 1951, social activists around the world have been petitioning the world's leaders to pressure China into freeing the tiny Asian country high in the Himalayas.

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A 14th-century Tibetan mandala in bright colors and gold on cotton, created to be used in meditation and to be rolled up and carried.

You are traveling by bus a few hours out of Katmandu in Nepal. The sun is falling fast as the road climbs. When the bus stops to refuel, you climb out and look up at a new moon high in the sky.

U.S. State Department said on July 2 that "despite steps in the right direction on human rights" in 2002, China has not met its commitments to address human rights concerns made in December talks with the U.S.

Prayers for peace, love and tolerance . . . Smoke from burning incense and green wood drifts across as (from left) Losang Dawa, Tibetan lamas the Venerables Lhagon Rinpoche and Thupten Tulku Rinpoche, and Tibetan monks Khedrup Tharchin and Losang Thutop chant prayers for the wellbeing of humanity at the stupa (monument) in Portobello on the Dalai Lama's 68th birthday yesterday.

Prayers for the wellbeing of humanity were offered by Tibetan monks at the Portobello stupa on the Dalai Lama's birthday yesterday. Sweet-smelling smoke from burning incense and green wood billowed as lamas and monks from the Dunedin Dhargyey Buddhist Centre chanted prayers.

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Birthday celebrations for His Holiness the Dalai Lama were held in Chicago over the long weekend of July 4th -6th. Activities included basketball and soccer tournaments each day, followed by Culture and Talent Shows on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Next-door neighbors Roni Simone and John Coggins sit on the front porch of her house in the Whiteaker neighborhood under Buddhist prayer flags. (Photo: Paul Carter / The Register-Guard)