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Rare and sacred treasures of Tibetan, never before seen in the Western World, will begin a national tour at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in October 2003.

When Tibet's exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, arrives in Copenhagen in June for a five-day visit, he will meet with PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller.

Tenzin Bhuchung has not seen his family since 1981, the year he escaped his native country of Tibet. After his parents ensured his safety with an aunt and uncle in Mysore, India, they returned to the Chinese-occupied territory of Tibet to care for four other children and the family farm.

In 1959, when Communist Chinese illegally occupied Tibet, the independent nation with centuries of written history was facing a very critical juncture and dying era in her history.

In a simple and solemn ceremony organised this morning by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet on the courtyard of the Westminster Abbey, the Dean of Westminster, Dr. Wesley Carr, lead a prayer service in memory of all the Tibetans who have died for Tibet's freedom.

Between 1997 and 2001 there was a rapid decline in the number of Tibetans in prison on political charges. The decline was due to a large number of releases and fewer detentions. However, this pattern appears to be changing.

The chairman of China's state-controlled Buddhist Association has repudiated both the Dalai Lama and the outlawed Falungong spiritual movement, state media reported Tuesday.

Chinese authorities in parts of Tibet are detaining and questioning people gathering in groups suspected of discussing the execution of one Tibetan and a death sentence handed down to a senior Tibetan monk in connection with a series of bombings, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

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China has detained two Tibetan businessmen for allegedly leaking information to the foreign media about the closed trial of two other Tibetans, according to Human Rights Watch.