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Tibetan artistes singing Tibetan national anthem at Dalai Lama's 73rd birthday

Tibetan artistes singing Tibetan national anthem at Tsuglakhang temple in Mcleod Ganj to celebrate the Dalai Lama's 73rd birthday. The celebration function was without the usual cultural performances due to the March-April unrest in Tibet.

Envoys of the Dalai Lama during a press conference.

— The two envoys of the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, addressing a press conference after holding the seventh round of talks with Chinese leaders on 1 and 2 July. Gyari said he was disappointed at not making headway on the status of Tibet after the latest round of talks.

Envoys of the Dalai Lama during a press conference.

— A file photo of the envoys of the Dalai Lama during a press conference after informal talks with the Chinese leaders following the unrest in Tibet in March.

Dalai Lama speaking during lamas' conference

MCLEOD GANJ, India, 2 May 2008 — The Dalai Lama speaking during a conference of Tibetan lamas. Among other things, they discussed how to counter the Chinese government's new law requiring their government approval for Tibetan lamas to reincarnate. The conference also discussed the issue of conferring a Bikshuni degree for nuns, which had been discontinued for a long period of history.

Dalai Lama offers homage to victims in Tibet

MCLEOD GANJ, India, 28 April 2008 — Dalai Lama arrives to offer prayers at Tsugla Khang temple for the victims of the recent crackdown in Tibet on the occasion of Shegu (the 49th day of mourning). Over 150 people are reported to have been killed by Chinese forces since the 10 March protests in Tibet.

Dalai Lama addresses Tibetans

MCLEOD GANJ, India, 6 April 2008 — The Dalai Lama arrives to address the Tibetan people at Tsugla Khang temple in Mcleod Ganj. He urged Tibetans to refrain from use of any act of violence in their protests, and also urged the Chinese leaders to aviod use of arms to suppress the peaceful demonstrations in Tibet.

Dalai Lama turns 73

— The rain didn't stop Tibetans from celebrating the Dalai Lama's 73rd birthday, and their hopes were not shrouded by the setback from the lack of progress in the talks held between the Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese leaders earlier this week. Tibetans in Dharamshala gathered at Tsuglakhang temple in Mcleod Ganj for a brief function, attended by the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche. ...

No headway in talks, Dalai Lama envoys disappointed

— The two envoys of the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamshala after making no headway during the seventh round of talks with Chinese officials on 1 and 2 July in Beijing. "We felt disappointed that the Chinese officials are not willing to take the movement forward," said Lodi Gyari, the special envoy of the Dalai Lama, based in Washington DC. ...

Dalai Lama's envoys arrive in China for talks

— The Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive in China today for the formal seventh round of discussions with the representatives of the Chinese leadership, according to a press statement released by the Secretary of the Dalai Lama. ...

Dalai Lama's envoys to leave for China

— Two envoys of the Dalai Lama are headed for China for talks to ease the current crisis in Tibet, according to a press release by the Dalai Lama's Secretary. "His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will arrive in China on 3 May 2008 for informal talks with representatives of the Chinese leadership," says a press release by Chhime R. Chhoekyapa, the Dalai Lama's Secretary. ...

Death toll in Tibet is 203: Tibetan government-in-exile

— The number of deaths in Tibet is 203, with 1,000 injured and 5,715 arrested since the 10 March anti-China protests, says the Tibetan government-in-exile. The new figures were released in a press conference by the spokesman of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Thubten Samphel. The figures have been collected from six different sources: Chinadigitaltimes.net, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, China's state media, Lhasa Radio, Radio Free Asia, and the Department of Security of the Tibetan government-in-exile. ...

Beijing gets ready to talk, eyewash suspected

— In an abrupt change in move and mood, China offered to meet with a representative of the Dalai Lama in the coming days, according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency. "In view of the requests repeatedly made by the Dalai side for resuming talks, the relevant department of the central government will have contact and consultation with Dalai's private representative in the coming days," Xinhua said on Friday, quoting an unnamed official. ...

Dalai Lama returns as Tibetan protests continue

— Amid posters showing photos of Tibetans killed in Ngaba, and Tibetan hunger strikers demanding that Chinese leaders talk with the Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama returned to his base in Mcleod Ganj. The Dalai Lama stopped to interact with the hunger strikers upon his arrival in Mcleod Ganj to show his support and appreciation to them. "Hunger strike is an effective means to express one's resentment non-violently. It is following Gandhi's way," he said to the strikers. ...

China arrests over hundred monks in Ngaba

Over a hundred monks from Kirti monastery in Ngaba have reportedly been arrested by the Chinese police, following the recent anti-government protests in the area. The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said that the Chinese police raided the monastery on Friday afternoon and arrested over a hundred monks from Ngaba Kirti Monastery, an ethnic Tibetan area now incorporated into Sichuan province of China. The police first locked the monks in their cells, and then searched for photographs of the Dalai Lama and any incriminating documents. ...


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