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Principals of at least two Tibetan high schools and their deputies had been sacked from their jobs, and two other teachers have been fired following small-scale language protests over the weekend

Several Han Chinese in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region were killed in three attacks by ethnic minority Uyghurs this month, in a possible reflection of growing frustration over

North Korea has warned that the impending joint military exercises by the South and the US are pushing the region to "the brink of war". A group of naval ships, led by a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier, is heading to the

Reacting to the recent uproar in Tibet’s Qinghai province over replacement of Tibetan language by Chinese language as medium of instruction in Tibetan schools the European Parliament on Thursday has urged the Chinese government to

A Tibetan nun jailed during protests in 2008 has been released in poor health on November 19 this year, a Tibetan monk named Pema Tsewang of Sera Monastery told the

Today, our talks with the Chinese leadership have reached a stage where, for the first time after decades of being in and out of contact, we have been able to convey to them in an unamb

AUNG SAN Suu Kyi, Burma’s (also known as Myanmar) pro-democracy leader, has criticised India for conducting business with her country’s military junta which jailed her for almost 15 y

His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Islam is one of the most important religions of the world and that it can not be blamed for a few miscreants creating trouble. The Tib

Exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, center, is presented an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Jamia Millia Islamia University by Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung, left, and Indian Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Jampa Chungla, a senior Tibetan official of the late Tenth Panchen Lama who remained behind bars and house arrest under tight Chinese government control since 1995 for