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Chicago star Richard Gere is prepared to go to prison to help free Tibet from Chinese rule. The actor has long been involved in high-profile campaigns to free the country but says he'd give it up and be incarcerated if that would help more.

The Delhi state wildlife department yesterday seized the largest-ever illegal haul of high-priced shahtoosh wool skinned from highly endangered Tibetan antelope, shocking the International Fund for Animal Welfare

Reiterating his stand on "autonomy" over the Tibetan issue, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said, "I am seeking a genuine self-rule for the Tibetans in Tibet which is in our own interest. We have to live side by side with China. This is the reality."

Buddhist monks, from left, Dawa, Ngawang and Kunga, apply fine colored sand to a mandala painting at Pittsburg State University Tuesday. The monks, from Drepung Loseling Monastery in India, will be creating the painting this week as part of the university's Performing Arts and Lecture Series. (Ray Brecheisen/The Morning Sun)

The sound of chanting and soft drumming greeted visitors to the Overman Student Center on the Pittsburg State University campus Tuesday afternoon. Following the sound to the lower level, those visitors would find an unusual sight for southeast Kansas

Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama makes a point while addressing a seminar on the last day of the 'Himalayan Year' in New Delhi April 7, 2003. The four-day seminar was organized by the Himalayan Buddhist Cultural Association and addressed issues related to education, environmental protection and a special focus on the Himalayan region and other tribal belts of the country. (REUTERS/B. Mathur)

Tibetan spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner the Dalai Lama said on Monday nothing good could come of war and dialogue was the best way to resolve conflict. When asked about the US-led military action in Iraq, the Dalai Lama said he did not want to comment directly, but said he believed in non-violence.

Mr. Miloon Khothari (India), the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination, of the UN Commission on Human Rights, has called on the need

Madame Chairperson, I am making this statement on behalf of IFOR. While the international community welcomed the People's Republic of China (PRC) for having ratified the ICESCR, the Chinese authorities still do not respect the Tibetans right to preserve their cultural

Construction of the Nyingchi Airport in Nyingchi Prefecture in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, is underway. The airport, one of the key projects enumerated by the state for China's Tenth Five-Year Plan Period (2001-2005)