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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) yesterday slammed a report by the US State Department which accused China of enforcing “laws and policies that restrict religious freedom” in Tibetan areas.

Phayul has learned that the problem surrounding the renewal Registration Certificates (legal permit to stay in India) of around 300 Tibetans could be resolved in the coming months.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama left for Brazil after giving religious discourses in the capital city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday. The Tibetan spiritual leader, on his third visit to Argentina, gave a talk on

Living up to his campaign promise of bringing in a mix of old and new faces in his cabinet, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay today won unanimous nod from the Tibetan parliament for his six Kalon candidates.

Chinese courts in the restive north western region of Xinjiang sentenced four members of the ethnic Uyghur minority to death in connection with a series of mass uprisings in July, Chinese state media reported today.

China on Tuesday announced plans to spend 300 billion yuan (46.89 billion U.S. dollars) on 226 key projects ranging from railway and dam building to mining and promoting tourism in Tibet within the next five years.

The 11 marching monks from a Tibetan monastery in south India reached the north Indian city of Chandigarh earlier today after holding hunger strikes and peace marches in six major Indian cities.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina Tuesday evening where he was welcomed by representatives of the Argentinean Ministry of External Affairs.

“Control over religious practice and the day-to-day management of monasteries and other religious institutions continued to be extraordinarily tight” says a new report on religious freedom in Tibet adding that "several monks also reportedly committed suicide as a result of the harsh conditions and religious restrictions."

The South Africa Foreigner Minister Nkoana Mashabane told reporters Tuesday that his government was considering a visa request from the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama.