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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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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.

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

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The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said on January 14 that the visit by representatives of the Dalai Lama and releases of some high-profile Tibetan prisoners opened a new chapter in China-Tibet relations, but that there was "little" change for Tibetans in the year 2002.

Three Tibetans refugees, including two teenagers, who were arrested while attempting to transit through Nepal to India, were each given three-year prison sentences by a Nepalese court on January 8, 2003.

Tibetans gathered at the traditional site of Buddha's enlightenment for their largest prayer ceremony of the year have taken advantage of the crowds to campaign for a boycott of Chinese products.