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Amidst flagging European hopes for a Chinese bailout, Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay urged the European Union (EU) not to compromise on human rights issues in Tibet for economic gains. "We have always said that the economic interests of any country are important

His Holiness the Dalai Lama left for New Delhi earlier today to take part in an array of programmes including delivering the valedictory speech at the ongoing Global Buddhist Congregation which concludes Wednesday.

In a closed-door lecture, Larry Lang, chair professor of Finance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has been secretly recorded as saying that the Chinese economy is on the “brink of bankruptcy”.

Tibetan students under the umbrella of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Bangalore bagged the “2011 Rangzen Rolling Basketball Tournament” trophy.

In a message to the ongoing Global Buddhist Congregation, His Holiness the Dalai Lama stressed on the importance of inter-religious harmony and the need to accept the “oneness of humanity”.

Less than three months after Beijing announced plans to intensify its mining efforts in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have decided to quintuple the amount of money

On a one-day stop over in Paris, the democratically elected Tibetan leader Dr Lobsang Sangay, met with officials from the French foreign ministry and the Tibet Study group at the French Senate. Later in the afternoon, the Kalon Tripa spoke to the Tibetan community in France.

A major Indian news channel is reporting that India has indefinitely put off an important border talk with China after Beijing demanded New Delhi scrap a Buddhist conference where Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to speak.

Chinese police have arrested two more monks from the beleaguered Kriti monastery in Ngaba, eastern Tibet. The two monks have been identified as Gyamtso, 42 and Lobsang Gendun, 48

Lhamo Tso, a mother of four, lives in Dharamsala while her husband Dhondup Wangchen continues to serve a six-year jail term in a Chinese prison in Xining, north eastern Tibet. They have not had the chance to speak or meet face to face for four years now.