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Pokhra and Dhasa in the final of GCM cup. 8 June, 2003.

The selection of the Tibetan national football team is finally over. From the 38 players shortlisted during the Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial football tournament, 18 players have now been selected to represent Tibet.

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Tibet's government-in-exile welcomed a new thaw in tensions between India and China amid a tentative dialogue process with Beijing over the future of the Himalayan territory.

The first Tibetan reaction to the Sino-Indian summit in Beijing has been a welcoming one. Although India is seen as "shifting" its position while acknowledging the Tibetan Autonomous Region as part of China

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama adresses supporters in Choglamsar, some eight kms east of Leh. India opened its frontiers to the Tibetan spiritual leader in 1959 when China crushed a Tibet uprising. Photo by Tauseef Mustafa

Activists from the 'Council for Tibet Freedom' burn pictures of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and China's President Hu Jintao and a Chinese national flag during a demonstration in the central Indian city of Bhopal June 25, 2003. Tibetan exiles in India believe improved relations between India and China would help negotiations between the Dalia Lama and Beijing over Tibet, a Tibetan spokesman said. Photo by Raj Patidar

China and India Monday evening signed the Declaration on Principles for Relations and Comprehensive Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India.

The closing ceremony yesterday of the Sand Mandala created by monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery from India here at the Victoria and Albert Museum attracted more than 3000 people and helped to generate further interest in the Tibetan culture and cause.

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee with Jiang Zemin, Chairman of the Military Commission of China. (AFP/Frederic J. Brown)