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A Tibetan monk prays in front of a shrine during a praying ceremony as a part of celebrations to mark the Dalai Lama's, in framed picture on left, 68th birthday in Sydney, Sunday, July 6, 2003. Tibetans and others all over the world celebrate their spiritual leaders' birthday although such celebrations are forbidden in Tibet. Photo by Dan Peled

Inspite of heavy rainfall Tibetans perform traditional dances to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 68th birthday in Dharamsala. Photo by Prem Sood.

Bringing Tibet to San Francisco, the Asian Art Museum at Civic Center kicked off its AsiaAlive program, an interactive series of exhibits unlike any other in the nation. To celebrate this month's theme, "Auspicious Beginnings: The Arts of the Himalayas,"

Six of the counselors on Zionist youth movement summer camps in Britain this year will be Tibetans. Hailing from Dharamsala, Northern India, where the Tibetan government-in-exile is headquartered

Nathula. 1954. A cold morning. Motilal Lakhotia and Dip Chand Agarwal leave for Yatung, a trade post across the border in Tibet with their modest cargo. Their mode of travel? Mules — a mule track is all there is for the 52-km journey from Gangtok to Nathula, and onwards to Lhasa

China has started construction of the first railway station in Lhasa, Tibet's capital at a cost of 12 million US dollars that would be landmark in the Himalayan region.

The Nepalese authorities have banned events celebrating the birthday of the Dalai Lama in Kathmandu planned for this coming Sunday. The ban was announced by phone by the Chief of Police at about 9pm on Friday 4th July to the Representative of the Dalai Lama here in Kathmandu.

The ban by the Nepalese authorities on celebrations of the Dalai Lama's birthday on July 6th was issued on orders from the Nepalese Home Ministry, according to a Tibetan official in Kathmandu, who added that the wide-reaching order had been confirmed on Saturday morning.

During the opening day: Mrs. Kesang Y. Takla (R) ,representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for northern Europe and Mr. Geoff Richards (L), The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation.

The Tibet Museum completed a successful two-week long tour of England recently. The exhibition tour titled 'A long look homeward-Beyond Borders" was sponsored by the London based The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation and The Prince's Trust and