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One woman's extraordinary Himalayan quest inspired an Australian documentary, writes Rebecca Urban. Many Westerners would consider living alone inside a remote Himalayan cave for 12 years to be a kind of cruel punishment.

Reports from Lhasa indicate that while Chinese and foreign tourist groups are successfully being prevented from entering the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), large numbers of individual Chinese from SARS-affected areas including Guangzhou and Beijing are arriving in the TAR

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China announced that Lekchog (Ch: Legqog), head of the Tibet Autonomous Region Government, has succeeded Ragdi (Ch: Raidi) as the Chairman of the TAR People's Congress and that Jampa Phuntsok (Ch: Qiangba Puncog) has replaced Lekchog as the TAR head.

Ngawang Sangdrol does not look old enough to be China's longest-serving female political prisoner, who has spent almost half her life behind bars. But she is only 26.

We want to extend our warmest greetings to our fellow countrymen in Tibet and in-exile and all of our friends and supporters around the world. Today marks the occasion of the 8th year that The 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima, has been held in captivity by the Communist Chinese government.

Dakpa Kelden and local villagers from Trini at the site of the WWF-supported community learning center and ecolodge. (Ramy Inocencio)

On the edge of the Tibetan plateau is a place of such breathtaking beauty that it is claimed to be the inspiration for Shangri-la, "the spiritual land of peace and perfection". Not that long ago, this region was off-limits to the world.

Junior Australian mining company Sino Gold has struck an obstacle in its quest to mine Tibetan gold - the Dalai Lama. Paddy Manning reports. Sino Gold chairman Nick Curtis has a thick wad of letters from Australians concerned about his company's plans to mine for gold in Jinkang

The Uma Club of Rajpur Regional Tibetan Youth Congress won the Pawo Thupten Ngodup memorial cricket tournament on 11th May. The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of Shimla organized the event.