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At 5:45 am on Saturday, May 31, Nepalese authorities loaded 18 Tibetan refugees from Hannaman Dhoka prison in Kathmandu onto a Chinese Embassy vehicle, according to eyewitnesses. The refugees were reportedly in distress while they

The long wait is finally over for the students of classes X and XII. The Central Board of Secondary Examinaiton (CBSE) results for the two classes were declared last week.

Kalon Tripa, Professor Samdong Rinpoche, will leave Dharamsala today on an official tour of Tibetan settlements in South India. The tour is expected to last from 1 to 12 June and will cover Bangalore, and settlements in Bylakuppe, Hunsur and Kollegal.

Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, turns to photographers before the beginning of a discussion on 'Visions of Global Ethics' during the first German ecumenical church convention in Berlin, Germany Friday, May 30, 2003. With more than 200.000 participants, the ecumenical convention is the first of its kind and size to bring together members of Germany's predominant Catholic and Lutheran churches. The event, filled with music, lectures and discussions, will continue until June 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)

Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer reaffirmed Germany's "One-China" policy Friday during a meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying that Tibet is part of the People's Republic, a spokesman said.

Three disciples of a condemned Tibetan monk are urging China to throw out his suspended death sentence, saying the bombing charges against Tenzin Deleg Rimpoche were false, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets devotees upon his arrival to a gathering part of Germany's first Ecumenical Church Day in Berlin.(AFP-DDP/Michael Urban)

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama spoke out in Berlin in support of the international peace movement while the Chinese embassy accused him of pursuing separatist activities under the cover of religion.

The Tibetans received a major setback today with the extradition of 18 Tibetan refugees to China by the Nepalese government. Condemning the act as shocking and 'not a good gesture', the Kalon Tripa of the Tibetan government based in Dharamsala

A group of Chinese archeologists have discovered 13 sites of prehistoric stone tools during a field survey on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They indicate that human activity had reached the plateau area at an average altitude of 4,000 meters