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The Concert for Tibet- Give peace a chance held on 2nd March was disrupted several times as a result of bad weather. The rock concert organized on the eve of Losar by the Rock Street Journal with support from Indo-Tibet Coordination Office

For the Tibetans and all who reside in the high Himalayas, the new year has just begun with 'Lhosar' which was celebrated from March 3 to 5. On the last day of the festivities, the Boudhanath stupa was visited by a great crowd

Hundreds of Tibetans, who had fled their Chinese occupied homeland more than four decades ago, today celebrated Losar (Lo means year and Sar stands for new), with traditional fervour and gaiety in the Darjeeling hills and neighbouring Sikkim.

Uprising Day is a significant day that commemorates the memory of 89,000 Tibetans who were killed in Lhasa in 1959. Today China's continued occupation of Tibet, with the help of several hundred thousand troops

Leaders of the Tibetan Youth Congress and the Indo-Tibetan Sahyog Manch today exhorted elected representatives all over India to take up the issue of the freedom of Tibet in state Assemblies and Parliament.

Chain for Change in Tibet - Be a Link!

Thousands of Tibet supporters from across Europe will embark on Brussels this Sunday 9 March and demand that the European Union develops a constructive policy on Tibet. By forming a symbolic human Chain for Change in Tibet around the EU institutions

Tibet’s first Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche has many responsibilities, though he is exile. Living in Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, in Himachal Pradesh, he was elected in March 2001.

Young Buddhist girls perform a ritual dance inside a Buddhist shrine in front of their religious leader Dalai Lama at Mcleod Ganj, 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Dharamsala, India, Monday, March 3, 2003. The three-day celebration of Losar, the Tibetan New Year begins Monday at Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama lives. Photo by Rafiq Maqbool

Dr. Nancy Harris may be one of the few Bay Area residents who suffers from culture shock as result of her commute. Last week Harris, who lives half the year in Moss Beach, returned from Lhasa, Tibet, where she's been working as a physician in local communities since 1990.