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Actor Richard Gere, centre, speaks with Tibetan monks prior to the 5th World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet, outside the Italian Lower Chamber of Parliament, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, also attended by the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama says there will be a 'setback'' in the Tibetan cause when he dies. The 74-year-old spiritual leader said that when he dies, 'there will be a setback, there's no doubt,'' but added that a very healthy, cultivated new generation is rising with the potential to lead. (AP Photo/Samantha Zucchi)

China has sentenced a Tibetan writer and photographer to five years in prison for “disclosing state secrets”, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy based here said

The Dalai Lama on Wednesday appealed to China to take action to stop Tibet's glaciers melting, saying the environmental crisis was more urgent than a political solution over Tibet's future

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give the valedictory address at a conference on Tibetan history and culture at the Delhi University on Saturda

The Prime Minster of the exile Tibetan government Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche arrived in the Indian capital earlier today to attend the opening ceremony of the Hind

lthough US President Barack Obama raised the thorny issue of human rights during his first visit to China this week, he left many political dissidents — those who were not locked up — disap

The Dalai Lama said Wednesday there will be a setback in the Tibetan cause when he dies, but that he has faith in the next generation of his fo

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key reportedly said on Wednesday that he would not meet the Dalai Lama when he visits the country early next month.

The president of the Lower House of Italian Parliament Mr Gianfranco Fini on Wednesday welcomed the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama when the latter arrived at the parliament in Rome

Beijing - Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged his US counterpart, Barack Obama, not to allow exiled Tibetan and Uighur leaders to conduct 'anti-China separatist activities' in the United States, reports said on