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This photo taken on June 16, 2003 shows the new terminal at the Gonggar Airport, 100 kilometers away from Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Some 323.49 million yuan is invested on the ongoing expansion project of the airport, which was started in early 2001 and is scheduled to be completed in December 2003. NOTE : Xinhua is a official News Agency of the PRC.

With Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee leaving for China on June 22, Uttaranchal has set its eyes on reopening of trade links with China through Tibet.

A rare visual exhibition of contemporary Tibetan history sponsored by The Amaryllis Fleming Foundation and The Prince's Trust, UK, opened here yesterday at The Art Gallery at 32 Dover Street, amid the soothing chanting of Tibetan

The Tibetan government has hiked admission fee to 27 major tourist destinations, including the world famous Potala Palace of the Dalai Lama, in the remote Himalayan region.

On May 30, the Nepal government, which is now run virtually from the Royal Palace, officially responded to China's demands and handed over to the Chinese authorities 18 Tibetan refugees who had entered Nepal illegally from Tibet.

The Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) is pleased to announce that the Dalai Lama's Canadian tour, scheduled for April 2004, has been extended to include Ottawa. The visit to the nation's capital is part of an initiative to encourage the

Bharat Thibet Sahyog Manch has its agendas clearly noted down when its members would meet with the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee on the eve of his trip to China. At a press conference yesterday

TIBETAN TEAM: Auckland-based Buddhist teacher Lama Samten and Tibetan medicine specialist Dr Nyima Tsering visited Blenheim at the weekend talking about meditation and health. NIKKI MACDONALD/The Marlborough Express

When he was just 10 he fled Tibet with his family after the Chinese invasion. Sickness and the stress of the move claimed 10 of Lama Samten's 13 family members and by the age of 13, he was entirely alone.

A unique travelling exhibition detailing contemporary Tibetan history and prospects for the future will be shown for the first time in London at The Air Gallery, 32 Dover Street (tube: Green Park), from June 17 to 27, 2003.