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With the thaw in the otherwise strained Sino-Indian relations following the visit of PM A.B. Vajpayee to Beijing last month, the Tibetan government-in-exile at Dharamsala has desired that the process of establishing direct contact with the Chinese authorities be pursued further.

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Rescuers said there was little hope of finding alive 49 people who went missing following a landslide in a mountainous region in southwestern China's Sichuan province.

The Tibet Intergroup of the European Parliament held a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on 8 July 2003 to assess the relationship between the Tibetans in exile and the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Beginning July 26, China Southern Airlines will open flights from Guangzhou to Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, via Shangri-La in Yunnan Province.

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Composer Philip Glass, opera vocalist Jessye Norman, experimental jazz act Kronos Quartet and Native American flautist R. Carlos Nakai are among the acts slated to perform at a Sept. 21 charity event at the Lincoln Center in New York.

Tibet's government-in-exile Monday urged China to rethink its developmental projects in the region as they would have an adverse effect on the environment. Releasing a "white paper" on the state of the environment in Tibet

China's central government has ordered the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) to sack its foreign-educated Tibetan tourist guides and replace them with Chinese graduates, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. The order affects hundreds of Tibetans educated in India or Nepal.

Sitting at the receiving end of two 12-foot-long horns, 5-year-old twins James and Jesse Thibault covered their ears in anticipation of the sound that was about to emerge. But their fear soon turned to fascination, as the boys were