The Uyghurs and the Tibetans -- Struggling Against Chinese ColonialismSource: OpEdNews.Com Progressive
The news over the past few days that large-scale rioting has taken place in Urumqi is a reminder that the Tibetans are not the only people who are not happy with Chinese rule. But to understand the situation in either place it is necessary to be clear on a few background facts. …
The Hindu Rate of WrathSource: François Gautier
Is there such a thing as 'Hindu terrorism', as the arrest of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur for the20recent Malegaon blasts may tend to prove? Well, I guess I was asked to write this column because I am one of that rare breed of foreign correspondents-a lover of Hindus! A born French …
South Africa Bars Dalai Lama From Peace ConferenceSource: The New York Times
South Africa says it has barred the Dalai Lama from a peace conference later this week, citing its relationship with China and saying now is not the time for such a high-profile visit.
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Dalai Lama Harshly Condemns China Over TibetSource: The New York Times
"Today, the religion, culture, language and identity, which successive generations of Tibetans have considered more precious than their lives, are nearing extinction," said the Dalai Lama, 73, the spiritual leader of the Tibetans.
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With large number of media personnel and TV coverage, Nobel peace Prize Winner Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet speaks on chances of a girl Dalai Lama.
Tibetans Look to Future, Without Dalai LamaSource: TIME
Hundreds of Tibetan political leaders, activists and individuals from all over the world have begun a meeting in Dharamsala, India, that is unprecedented in its ambition: to bring all Tibetans together to decide their own future, without the direct guidance of the Dalai Lama..... …
Tibetan exiles tackle future China policySource: Google
DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) — Tibetan exiles struggled Saturday to come up with a unified strategy to fight Chinese rule of their homeland at the end of a meeting to determine the movement's future.

Barack Obama's Letter to the Dalai Lama in July 2008 shows his full support for the Tibetans In Exile.
In the Letter to His Holiness The Dalai Lama in JUly 2008 he expresses his concern for the people of Tibet.Respects the His Holiness approach and the Dialogue of Representative …
UK recognises China's direct rule over Tibet Source: Telegraph
The British Government has been accused of undermining the Dalai Lama in negotiations with China by recognising Beijing's direct rule over Tibet for the first time.

Tibetan spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama arrived here in dharamsala days after undergoing successful surgery to remove gallstones at a Delhi hospital.
Hundreds of Tibetans greeted their leader as he passed roads leading out of the airport.
Floats were put up and Tibetans showered …

NEPAL, Namche Bazaar - Hampered in their efforts by an early onset of the south Asian Monsoon, the Chinese Olympic Torch is still stuck on the Tibetan side of Mount Everest, delayed by bad weather, according to reports from the Tibetan side.

NEPAL Namche Bazaar - Singing a hypnotic chant, the line of Tibetans led by a Lama, all holding candles, file past into the small bazaar below. It is moving sight.
Olympic Torch Used To Ignite Tibetan Protesters Source: The Onion
A universally recognized symbol of goodwill, the Olympic torch was used to immolate hundreds of Tibetan protesters during its journey across mainland China last week, in what is being called a stirring display of competitive spirit and Chinese nationalism.
Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the PoliceSource: The New York Times
Violence erupted Friday morning in a busy market area of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, as Buddhist monks and other ethnic Tibetans brawled with Chinese security forces in clashes that brought conflicting reports of deaths.
China orders resettlement of thousands of TibetansSource: RealCities.com
ZENGSHOL, Tibet - In a massive campaign that recalls the socialist engineering of an earlier era, the Chinese government has relocated some 250,000 Tibetans - nearly one-tenth of the population - from scattered rural hamlets to new "socialist villages," ordering them to build new …
Rolling Stone : The End of TibetSource: Rolling Stone
As China tortures monks and drives Tibetans into poverty, many young activists are renouncing the Dalai Lama and resorting to violence. Is one of the world's most ancient cultures facing extinction?
Video shows Chinese 'firing on Tibetans'Source: thewest.com.au
Video footage shot by a Romanian television station appears to show Chinese soldiers firing at a group of Tibetans as they attempt to cross a mountain pass into Nepal, days after China defended the soldiers' action.
China tries to gag climber witnessesSource: Telegraph
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Chinese diplomats in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu are tracking down and trying to silence hundreds of Western climbers and Sherpas who witnessed the killing of Tibetan refugees on the Nangpa La mountain pass last week.
Climbers Witness Chinese Massacre of Tibetan RefugeesSource: The Sydney Morning Herald
An Australian mountaineer was among dozens of climbers at a Himalayan base camp who watched in horror as Chinese soldiers shot Tibetan refugees "like rats, dogs [and] rabbits", leaving at least one teenage nun lying dead in the snow.