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Helsinki, Finland: His Holiness the Dalai Lama ended his two-day programme in Finland this afternoon with a public talk to an audience of 7,000 people on the subject of “The Power of Compassion.”

In a first of its kind training on democracy and organising mock elections, Tibetan women activists from Dharamshala visited various Burmese refugee camps in Thailand to conduct a two-week long training. At the invitation of the East Asia Burma Office of “Democracy Promotion Fund for Burma and Tibet,”

Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje led a prayer session yesterday for Tsewang Norbu, the 29-year old monk who set himself ablaze protesting China’s rule over Tibet Monday last. Observing the Buddhist ritual of ‘Duntsik’ (weekly prayers), local Tibetans led by monks and nuns

Dr Khenrab Gyamtso, a senior lecturer and vice principal of the Dharamshala based Tibetan Medical and Astrological College was sworn in as the new Domey Member of Parliament yesterday in Dharamshala.

Over a thousand Chinese armed security personnel have locked down Tawu Nyitso monastery, cutting off electricity and water supply as schools in the region remained closed following Monday’s self immolation of monk Tsewang Norbu.

A day after 29-year old Tibetan monk Tsewang Norbu set himself ablaze protesting China’s occupation of Tibet, the US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Beijing on a five-day trip August 17

President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama earlier today in the capital city of Tallinn and emphasised the importance of protecting Tibetan culture.

China has said that it will intensify its mining efforts on the Tibetan plateau in the coming years. Zhang Qingli, secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional (TAR) Committee of the Communist Party (CCP) of China said Saturday that the Chinese government will explore Tibet's minerals

Security has been beefed up around Tibetan settlement areas across the Nepali capital following the visit of a high-level Chinese delegation led by Zhou Yongkang. Yongkang, a Standing Committee member of Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Secretary of Political and Legislative Affairs

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia August 16 at the invitation of the Estonian Institute of Buddhism and the Riigikogu Tibet Support Group (Estonian Parliamentary group for Tibet).