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The exiled Tibetan Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche called on India to help resolve the Tibetan issue. "A process of dialogue is going on between our government (the Dalai Lama's exiled Tibetan government) and the Chinese leadership," Rinpoche said Sunday.

A factory making hydroelectric equipment in China's northern Qinghai province has used a Tibetan political prisoner as forced labor, the London-based Tibet Information Network (TIN) said Saturday.

The DPP says it fully supports the Cabinet's decision to abolish laws governing Mongolian affairs, saying that recognizing Mongolia as an independent state will help strengthen ties between the two countries.

TIN has received confirmation regarding the first known political imprisonment in the large Hydroelectric Equipment Plant west of Xining in Qinghai province (traditionally known as Amdo by Tibetans).

Tibetan refugees stop for rest, after crossing a mountain pass on the Nepal-Tibet border.

Nepalese authorities yesterday handed down jail sentences to 18 Tibetan refugees apprehended by police on April 15th. The group now in prison includes 10 teenagers. Officials in Nepal's Home Ministry have indicated their intention to deport the group of refugees back to Chinese authorities in Tibet.

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The members of the Central Tibetan Administration had the rare opportunity to listen to a talk by the well-known ecological activist Dr. Vandana Shiva. The talk was titled ‘Towards Compassionate Technology and Compassionate Economy’ and

A Tibetan monk wore a dust mask during a pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya, the site of the Buddha's enlightenment in India. The Tibetan Photo Project offers the first photographs created by Tibetans of their culture endangered by 52 years of brutal rule by the Chinese government. Tenzin Wangden Andrugtsang photo.

The Tibetan Photo Project started during the 2000 Mendocino Music Festival when Joe Mickey, a professional photographer, teacher and sports editor for The Mendocino Beacon and the Advocate-News, was introduced to a sponsorship program for monks living in exile in southern India.