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The 7th General Body Meeting of Tibetan Women's Association (TWA), the only Tibetan women's NGO in the exile diaspora, began today at the main hall of Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute in Dharamsala.

Once a calm city that has never seen any riot, Lhasa was brought up in flames on March 10, 1959. A peaceful land is brought up in flames, its people killed, their houses burnt, properties seized, women raped and the most devastating of all, a nation wiped off from the world map.

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Richard Gere plans to build a spa to encourage others to follow Buddhism. The 53-year-old Chicago star - a close friend of the Dalai Lama - believes his proposed Spa Tibet complex could boost awareness of the religion and its spiritual home.

At first it might seem like an exercise in futile feel-good cultural diplomacy, presenting three seemingly unrelated international acts on the same bill, artists separated by culture, language and custom.

Ngawang Sangdrol, the Tibetan political prisoner who obtained a Chinese exit visa last week to seek medical treament abroad, told RFA that Chinese authorities didn't officially inform her that she was to leave for the United States until just before she boarded a Chicago-bound airliner.

The United States accused China of a broad array of human rights violations on Monday including summary executions, torture, forced confessions, suppressing political dissent and denying religious freedom.

The U.S. State Department released its annual report on human rights situation in Tibet on March 31, 2003. This report is part of the overall Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2002 Released by its Bureau of Democracy

Tibetan monks prepare Tormas, a Buddhism, offering, during the official opening of the Taiwan-Tibet Exchange Foundation in Hsintien, Taipei County yesterday. (Rick Yi , Taiwan News)

The Taiwan-Tibet Exchange Foundation, which was inaugurated in January, started formal operations yesterday at its office in Hsintien City, Taipei County.