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Ms Ngawang Sangdrol is on a brief visit to Paris, France, to thank the French Government and people who had staunchly campaigned for her freedom from prison. Sangdrol is accompanied by Ms Dechen Pemba, ICT, Germany.

More than 250 Tibetans and their Belgian friends celebrated the 68th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday at Karma Sonam Gyatso Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Schoten near the Belgian city of Antwerpen.

Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche(R), Shri Yash Pal Mittal(Centre) and Shri Mohan Lal, former education minister of Punjab (L) after the inaugural ceremony.

'Shri Yash Pal Mittal has been an ardent supporter of the Tibet cause and is one among few who still continues to practice the principles expounded by Mahatma Gandhi," Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche said in his introductory speech

India today vehemently denied that it had made any compromise with its stand on Tibet as opposition parties hailed the achievements made in Sino-Indian relations during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's recent visit to China.

Tseten Dorjee holds a photo of the Dalai Lama, draped in a Tibetan prayer cloth, on Sunday. Utah's Tibetan community celebrated the exiled Tibetan leader's 68th birthday with the burning of incense, juniper and dry tea. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune)

One by one, they bowed three times before placing white and beige prayer cloths in front of a large portrait of the Dalai Lama. Nearly all of the 158-member Utah Tibetan community gathered in Salt Lake City's Lindsey Gardens to honor their

A moderate earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rattled China's mountainous Tibet region on Monday but no casualties were reported, state television and a seismological official said.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday was celebrated with much joy and gusto in Paris. As usual it was jointly organised at the Pagoda, Bois de Vincennce, by the Tibetan Comunity in France and the Bureau du Tibet, on July 6.