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The multiphonic singers of Tibet's Drepung Loseling Monastery, whose sellout performances in Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center received national acclaim, will perform "Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing" Thursday, Feb. 27

A devastating earthquake shook western China Monday, killing at least 257 people, injuring more than 1,000 and flattening homes, schools and other buildings near the Silk Road oasis of Kashgar.

Beginning March this year when Tibetans all over are celebrating the festive season of Losar (Tibetan New Year), Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) in conjunction with Bharat-Tibbat Sahyog Manch (BTSM) will be carrying out a marathon ten-day

Tradition and change blend in Litang. A man in a fox-fur hat rides a motorcycle bearing a photo of the late Panchen Lama, a spiritual leader. (Erik Eckholm/The New York Times)

It is dawn at the Litang Monastery, and Tibetan spirituality seems to be alive and well, if slightly disheveled. As a brilliant Venus fades in the rising sun, the 300 monks straggle to their prayer stations, chants mingling with trumpet calls in the thin crisp air.

A business dispute between ethnic Tibetans and Chinese Moslems in China's western Qinghai Province flared into large-scale communal violence, resulting in hundreds of injuries and massive property damage, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

A business dispute sparked clashes between ethnic Tibetans and Chinese Muslims in western China, resulting in hundreds of injuries and widespread property damage, a U.S.-financed broadcaster reported Sunday.

Dharamsala Blues in action (Tenzin Norsang / Phayul Photo)

A year after its formation, Students For a Free Tibet (SFT) Delhi chapter, as a part of their Tibet awareness campaign, organized the Tibet Awareness Concert yesterday at Delhi University’s Hindu College auditorium.

For years, the 96-acre parcel on Putnam Park Road has been used for workshops and retreats. Now, the Buddhist organization that runs it hopes to make the site available to others seeking a place to meditate and reflect.