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Dawa Phunkyi with 9783 votes and Jigme Jugney with 8075 votes won the elections that were held on September 4 to fill the two vacant seats of U-Tsang province in the 15th Tibetan Parliament

Barely weeks after Kathmandu assured Beijing of sustained crackdown on anti-China activities on its soil, the Nepali government arrested 20 Tibetan teenagers for entering the country

In an audacious violation of UN sanctions, Chinese state-controlled arms manufacturers struck deals with the embattled Gadhafi regime to sell weapons and ammunition worth at least $200-million late July.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and actor Richard Gere, a long time friend and supporter of the Tibetan cause opened an exhibition, "Tibet: Memories of a lost nation" in Mexico City

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and actor Richard Gere, a long time friend and supporter of the Tibetan cause opened an exhibition, "Tibet: Memories of a lost nation" in Mexico City

The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today joined people all over the world in remembering the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In a message published on his website, the Dalai Lama remembered the innocent lives lost

A person attempts suicide in China every two minutes, giving the world’s second largest economy one of the highest suicide rates in the world. In a survey released by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two million Chinese attempt suicide every year

Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday held "private" talks with the exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, a move which has riled the communist Chinese government. The president’s office said in a statement that the pair had discussed "the importance of promoting ethical values

Indo-Tibetan border trade along the old 'Silk Route' resumed in 2004 but even after seven years, Indian authorities say that no Tibetan trader has been allowed to enter into India by the Chinese government.

The 11 monks from a Tibetan monastery in south India are into their first week of their all India march hunger strike protest. The monks from Gaden Jangtse monastery, Mundgod reached Chennai on September 8 after carrying their protest to Baroda in the western Indian state of Gujarat.