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A Chinese court rejected the appeal of Tibetan monk Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche against a suspended death sentence on charges of setting off bombs and inciting separatism, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

A Chinese court on Sunday upheld the death sentence of a Tibetan convicted of a fatal bombing in a case that prompted the U.S. government to express concern about the fairness of his trial and the severity of his sentence.

Representatives of seven German-speaking Tibet Support Groups (TSGs) met from January 10–12 in the Bavarian capital of Munich, South Germany. This was the first time German-speaking TSGs have met in nearly 10 years. They met twice in the early 90s, first in Switzerland and then in Germany.

Dozens of Tibetan activists carried out a protest march on Thursday in Varanasi town urging the Chinese government to grant autonomy to Tibet. The protestors shouted slogans carrying placards which said, "Chinese stop human rights violation in Tibet."

The U.S. government expressed concern Friday over reports that China has detained as many as 10 Tibetans in recent months, and said it was disappointed that Chinese officials failed to tell American diplomats about the cases during human rights talks in December.

Calling for an aggressive defence policy, the former Chief of Army Staff, Gen V. P. Malik, today termed as bad India's policy of `no first use' of nuclear weapons.

Welcoming the revival of talks between China and the exiled Tibetan leadership, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has expressed hope that the imbriglio would be solved soon.

Buddhist monks have raised objections to the proposal to honour Tibetan leader Dalai Lama with the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour in India.

The ancient Tibetan system of medicine has some effect in treating AIDS, the personal physician to the Dalai Lama, Dr Tsewang Tamdin said.

The Hopp Museum collection has shown two significant exhibitions of Tibetan art in the last 10 years. The Lamaista Sculpture exhibition had great success in 1990, showing small statues.