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In a latest development in Dharamsala’s highly prioritised policy of bringing China to table, a delegation comprising of Mr. Lodi Gyari Gyaltsen, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Special Envoy, Mr. Kelsang Gyaltsen, Envoy of His Holiness and two assistants have left for China today.

Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, Special Envoy of the Dalai Lama

The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) welcomes the announcement by the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama that Special Envoy Lodi Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen, accompanied by two senior assistants, will depart today for China.

Rounding a hairpin bend on the mountainous road to Xiahe in China's remote Gansu Province our bus suddenly slammed to a halt. The passengers surged forward to see the cause of the commotion. Face down in the gravel was the inert body of a woman.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and religious and secular leader, will make a rare visit to New York City, September 17-21, 2003. The Dalai Lama’s last visit to New York was in 1999. Events will include a public talk in Central Park

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be visiting Germany from 28 May to 2 June, 2003. During the weeklong visit, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will address the participants of the first ever Ökumenischer Kirchentag (www.oekt.de/en) in Berlin on 30 May as invited by the organisers.

On September 13 and 14, 2003, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will come together with scientists, academics, and Buddhist scholar-practitioners for two extraordinary days of presentation and dialogue at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Office of Tibet, London, is pleased to announce that from June 2 to 10 His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be visiting Sweden and Denmark to give public talks, teachings and to meet with government officials and parliamentarians.

Members of the regional Tibetan Youth Congress and Regional Tibetan Women’s Association from their camps in Mysore district took out a silent procession. The procession was held to commemorate the signing of the infamous 17-point agreement the Chinese had forced Tibet to sign, 52-years-ago.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people, will visit five cities in the United States from September 5 to 24, 2003, at which time He will offer lectures in Buddhist philosophy and universal responsibility