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Mr. Thubten Samphel (R),Secretary of Department of Information and International Relations and Ms. Tsering Yangkyi (L), Section Head of the Environment and Development Desk addressing the press this morning on 'Tibet 2003: State of the Environment".

In his foreword Kalon Tripa, Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, calls the Report a "positive roadmap" which "could serve as a solid basis for greater collaborative work in other vital areas". The Report on the state of Tibet's environment was

Environmental experts in China say they were pressured into backing plans for a new hydroelectric dam in an historically Tibetan area that they believe will cause grave harm to the environment, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

The Dalai Lama has made a number of "political misjudgements".

Patrick French was a 16-year-old student in England in the early 1980s when the news came that his school, a Catholic seminary, was to receive a special visitor - the Dalai Lama.

Participants in the 2003 Tibetan Youth Leadership Program, Europe, with ICT Europe Executive Director Tsering Jampa, far right

The inaugural European Tibetan Youth Leadership Program (TYLP) in Europe, held in Brussels from July 5 to 9, 2003 attracted 13 Tibetans from seven countries. The Program included a visit to the European Parliament during which the participants

Detail of image at the Oglethorpe University Museum exhibit.(Photographed Image Copyright (c) 2002 Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation) Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

The exhibit is called “The Female Buddha: Women of Enlightenment in Tibetan Mysticism.” Buddhas are those who have reached full spiritual enlightenment, or awakening. And in Tibetan Buddhism, with its roots in the shamanistic and unseen world of gods

Rescuers clear the site of a landslide on the Sichuan-Tibet Highway in Linzhi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Friday, July 11, 2003. Nineteen people were buried in a landslide Wednesday caused by two-week-long rainfalls. Six bodies have so far been found. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Tu Deng)