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The south India leg of the “Flame of Truth” torch relay reached the largest Tibetan settlement of Bylakuppe to a rousing reception by local Indian supporters and Tibetans Friday morning.

Just hours before the expiry of a UN observer mission in Syria, China and Russia, for the third time vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Thursday that would have punished the Syrian government with economic sanctions

Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay, who is currently in Washington, DC on a lobbying tour, met with several senior US leaders, including Speaker John Boehner over the past few days.

A Tibet monk, missing for the past eight months, was finally traced after he was produced in a Chinese court in eastern Tibet and sentenced to three years in prison on unknown charges.

Tibet experts have panned China’s recently announced multi-billion dollar tourism projects in Tibet as eyewash and described them as plans to encourage Chinese migration into the sparsely populated region.

The charred body of Lobsang Lozin, who set himself on fire protesting China’s occupation of Tibet, has been immersed into a river near his monastery in Barkham region of Ngaba, eastern Tibet.

Addressing a group of Tibetan Muslims in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Dalai Lama last week welcomed Tibetan Muslim youths to join the Central Tibetan Administration. The Tibetan spiritual leader, speaking in Tibetan

Tibetan NGOs based in Nepal are all geared up to seek the release of jailed Tibetan peace marcher Tsetan Dorjee. According to sources, the NGOs will be re-appealing Dorjee’s case in the court.

A teenage Tibetan monk set himself on fire today in an apparent protest against the Chinese government in the beleaguered region of Ngaba, eastern Tibet. Lobsang Lozin, 18, set himself on fire at around 12 noon

A global rights group has said that restrictions on news, media, and communications in Tibet have been “stepped up” by Chinese authorities in the lead-up to the 18th Party Congress, due to take place in late 2012.