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The Dalai Lama on Thursday joined the plea for a peaceful end to the crisis in Iraq, saying any possible war would lead to "a trail of destruction".

Geshe Thubten Ngawang, the spiritual director of Tibetisches Zentrum V. Hamburg (Tibetan Centre Germany), passed away at 11.06 a.m. on 11th January 2003 at the age of 71. He was suddenly taken ill with cancer at the end of November.

Phakpalha Gelek Namgyal

Phakpalha Gelek Namgyal, a prominent Tibetan lama from Chamdo Jampaling Monastery, has been re-elected as chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Xinhua announced on January 15, 2003.

The Dalai Lama said Thursday that weapons of mass destruction must be eliminated but a peaceful solution should be found to avoid war in Iraq.

The main initiation of the Kalachakra puja begins tomorrow in the afternoon. His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give preparation initiation for students. This will be followed by the Kalachakra initiation for the next three days.

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The Maha Bodhi temple illuminated by candles and decoration lamps during the Kalachakra festival in the town of Bodh Gaya, believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment, in the Indian state of Bihar, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003. The Kalachakra festival is the largest Buddhist's prayer ceremony of the year. Photo by Vikram Kumar

Expressing concern over the atrocities on the people of Tibet, Nobel laureate Dalai Lama has said "there is no rule of law in China." In a release issued by the Information Department of the Tibetan Government in-exile last night

After years of finding nothing but fault with China's human rights record, a major New York-based monitor said conditions had improved in the past year. Human Rights Watch, in its "World Watch" report published yesterday