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26 year old Tibetan nun Ngawang Sangdrol said today that she hoped British Prime Minister Tony Blair would support the non-violent freedom struggle of the Tibetan people when he visits China next month.

The Dalai Lama will attend a "major peace event"

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is to spend six days in Scotland next year. He will travel north after spending a day in London on 27 May and will spend four days on a programme of Buddhist teachings in Glasgow.

The United Nations General Assembly officially proclaimed 26 June as the UN International Day in support of Victims of Torture in 1997. Every year, the day is commemorated in support of victims of torture and to eliminate torture throughout the world.

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Today, a group of thirty Tibetans and western supporters protested in front of the headquarter of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne. The activists representing a world-wide coalition of Tibetan organisations handed over the second human rights report to the IOC.

This and other Christopher Zhang portraits will be shown at the Pacific Street Gallery.

See Tibet through different prisms — through the viewfinder of a photographer and through the eye of a painter — in an exhibition that opens this week at the Pacific Street Art Gallery & Studios.

The San Mateo County Medical Association in California has awarded its Distinguished Service Award for this year to Dr. Nancy Harris for her contribution towards improving the health of the Tibetans in Tibet.

The Congress on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for what it termed "surrendering Tibet and obtaining a certificate from China on Sikkim" during his visit to China.