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Taking a positive view of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's recent visit to China, the Tibetan government-in-exile has said the joint statement issued during the visit should be accepted as an effort towards peace in Asia which will also lead to peace in Tibet.

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Hundreds of Tibetans and well wishers today thronged the main ground in front of Tsuglhaking to celebrate the 68th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The celebration began very early with the incense burning ceremony at Lhagyal Ri

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.

The Melbourne Tibetan Community of Australia celebrated 68th Birthday of His Holiness The Dalai Lama with the Australia Tibet Council and Tibet Welfare Group on Sunday July 6 at the Petrie Community Hall of Montmorency.

The 69th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama was celebrated at Siddharth Vihar in Itanagar on Sunday with traditional gaiety and festivity. The day-long programme started with unfurling of a "prayer flag", mass prayer and lighting of

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