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Even as a senior Chinese official warned Tibet against a possible onslaught by the Sars epidemic, the first infra-red fever detector has been installed at the Gongga International Airport in Lhasa in an effort to contain the

Gary Connery said it was "frightening"

A pro-Tibet campaigner has parachuted off Nelson's Column in central London. Professional stuntman Gary Connery was one of four protesters who climbed unharnessed up the 56 metre (185ft) monument in Trafalgar Square at 0500 BST on Friday

The chairman of the Tibetan Cabinet-in-Exile, Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche, on May 9, 2003 briefed members of the German Parliament's group for Tibet about the current status of Sino-Tibetan contact.

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As required by the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, President George Bush has directed Secretary of State Colin Powell to forward to the Congress a report on action taken by the United States to encourage dialogue between the Dalai Lama and

Callers to Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan-language hotline report that Tibetans and Chinese in the Tibetan Autonomous Region are buying traditional Tibetan medicine and incense in bulk in a bid to keep the deadly SARS virus from spreading to the remote region.

The Central Tibetan Administration started the day with prayers for a more peaceful world. As announced earlier by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a worldwide simultaneous meditation or prayer for world peace was observed today.

Tibetan music lovers will have a reason to smile in October this year. After the booming success of the first ever beauty pageant of the diaspora Tibetan community, Lobsang Wangyal Productions plan to come up with another mega event.

The sister-in-law of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, will be in town next week to speak at a fundraiser. The event will focus on the plight of Tibetan nuns who have fled persecution in their homeland.