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The bones of Buddha will go on public display in Patna from Friday, the anniversary of his birth 2,600 years ago, officials said. Visitors to the Patna Museum will pay Rs. 100 rupees for the privilege of being able to view the priceless Buddhist relic in a specially designed room

Traffic is gradually returning to the roads of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with certain restrictions and security measures still in place. Twenty-two security checkpoints are reported to have been installed along the Qinghai-Tibet highway

Dr. Tsewang Tamdin, a personal physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and pharmaceutical director at the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute (TMAI) in Dharamsala will give a public talk at Tibet Foundation Culture Centre, 2 St. James's Market

A spokesman of the State Department said on May 13, 2003 that the issue of Tibet is brought up in the United States diplomatic contacts and dialogue with China.

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Tibet's government-in-exile, which is allowed refuge by India, has welcomed Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's decision to visit China next month. "Good relations between India and China will provide better prospects for the Tibetan issue to be resolved,"

China has taken drastic action to keep the poverty-stricken Tibet Autonomous Region (Tar), free of the deadly Sars flu virus. Foreign travellers are banned, international flights have been halted and internal Chinese flights cut back.

TAR Party secretary Guo Jinlong (second left) and TAR deputy Party secretary Yang Chuantang (on right), presenting a commemorative banner to ground and air units from Chengdu military district and ground units stationed in Lhasa, who had carried out relief flights to disaster areas in Nyingtri prefecture. 24/11/00 (Courtesy: Tibet Daily)

The Tibet Autonomous Region's Party Secretary Guo Jinlong is being replaced by another Chinese leader, Yang Chuantang, formerly his deputy, according to Radio Free Asia -a move that has been rumoured for several months.

In the first-ever presidential report to Congress on the status of Tibet negotiations, President Bush has affirmed that encouraging substantive dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese leadership is a key objective of his