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Tibetans living in-exile in India staged a protest demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy here on Friday to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan Women's Uprising Day which came two days after an uprising led by the Dalai Lama against Chinese rule in 1959.

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Chinese security forces have stepped up a crackdown in Tibet's capital Lhasa, two years after protests marking a failed 1959 uprising erupted in deadly violence, the police and reports said Thursday.

The "strike hard storm" began earlier this month and is aimed at cracking down on Tibetan independence activities and ordinary crime, a policeman at the city's Niangre precinct told AFP by phone.

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In his annual address from exile in India on the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against China, he said: “They are putting the monks and nuns in prison-like conditions, depriving them of the opportunity to study and practise in peace.

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Hundreds of Tibetans, including Buddhist monks and nuns, Wednesday remembered their forefathers' uprising against the Chinese annexation of their land in 1959 and chanted slogans for a free Tibet in Kathmandu despite a massive police crackdown and arrests.

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The Dalai Lama has lashed out at Chinese authorities, accusing them of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will appeal to the elite in the Chinese-run Himalayan region in a speech on Wednesday, inviting them to visit communities of exiled Tibetans.

In an address marking 51 years since he fled into exile after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, the Dalai Lama will also pledge he and members of his government-in-exile will not take any political positions if and when the Tibet issue is resolved.

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WASHINGTON—Two years after protests against Chinese rule erupted into rioting in the Tibetan capital and spread across western China, sporadic talks between Beijing and envoys of the Dalai Lama appear to have achieved little progress.

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The Chinese government says that it will have the final say, rather than the Dalai Lama, on who succeeds him as Tibet's spiritual leader.

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LHASA, China — The troops with automatic rifles patrolling the Tibetan quarter of the capital of Chinese-controlled Tibet are as ever-present as Buddhist pilgrims.

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Ahead of the 51st anniversary of a failed uprising by Tibetans against the invasion and annexation of their country by China, Nepal police Sunday arrested the envoy of exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama in Kathmandu.

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Nepal police arrest Dalai Lama’s representative

China shed a glimmer of light yesterday on the life of a young Tibetan man who vanished 15 years ago after the Dalai Lama declared him to be the reincarnation of the second-highest monk in Tibetan Buddhism.

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(TibetanReview.net, Mar05, 2010) A group of 15 journalists from China and other foreign countries began on Mar 2 a tour of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of China’s propaganda effort on the region’s progress and development since 1959. In order to ensure positive coverage, the State Council Information Office, organizer of the tour, have carefully selected the reporters from ten domestic and overseas media organizations.

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Thai government has rejected visa for Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's sister Jetsun Pema who was scheduled to give a speech at a cultural event this weekend.

Thai Foreign Ministry said the rejection was decided out of fear that the Jetsun Pema, a younger sister of Dalai Lama, would use the visit to deliver a political message and that would certainly upset China.

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KATHMANDU, Nepal— Dawa Steven Sherpa is only 25 but has already climbed Mt. Everest twice. The last time he was on top of the Earth’s highest point, he picked up a small stone for President Barack Obama.

The stone was given to Nepal’s prime minister, who gave it to Obama at the United Nations in September to symbolize the growing problem of global warming, which threatens the world’s highest mountain range—the Himalayas.

“Everest is changing,” said Dawa Steven, as he is called. “A few years ago, the summit was a large icy area where 50 people might fit. Now only 20 can be there—the cornice [of snow] is slowly breaking off and more rock is exposed. It may be global warming.”

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Dharamshala, Mar. 2 (ANI): The Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala held special prayers to mark the anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese occupation, and their subsequent exile to India in 1959.

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Dharamsala, March 1 – China on Sunday made its handpicked Panchen Lama Gaincain Norbu a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top advisory body, according to the official news agency Xinhua. The 20-year-old boy is among 13 new members of the CPPCC.

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NEW YORK - Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Regina Spektor and many others contributed to a potent sonic cocktail that rocked Carnegie Hall at the 20th Annual Benefit Concert for Tibet House US, a non-profit organization charged with preserving Tibetan culture.

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Dharamsala, Feb 25 : The Tibetans living in exile in India marked the centenary of the 13th Dalai Lama's exile to India here today.

The 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Thupten Gyatso, took refuge in India from 1910 - 1911 following the invasion by Mancho China led by General Chao Er-feng.

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Danny Conant hopes her pictures of Tibet don't just speak a thousand words — she wants them to send a message.

The 79-year-old Town of Chevy Chase resident, who took up photography 25 years ago with no formal training after a career as a Bethesda schoolteacher, has traveled four times since 1995 to the restricted area occupied by China. On film, she has captured everything from boy monks to elderly women going about their everyday routines, trying to portray their difficult lives with unstinting realism.

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(CNN) -- China is "denying there is a problem" between its government and Tibet, the Dalai Lama says.

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The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, has said he still feels love in his heart for China, despite his concerns about Beijing's cultural "suppression" in his homeland.

"Certainly. We have to practice that," the Buddhist monk said in an interview with CNN talk-show host Larry King, who asked him if he loves the Chinese.

"Sometimes you see some of these hardliners' sort of policy, brutalist policy, sometimes I got some irritation for short moment," he acknowledged.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The Dalai Lama says he doesn't fault President Obama for his low-key reception in Washington because he recognizes that the president must juggle ties to the Tibetan spiritual leader with concerns about angering China.

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The Dalai Lama, the exiled Buddhist spiritual leader of Tibet, says "censorship" in China is the source of Tibet's problems with China's Communist rulers.

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Robert Thurman

At times like these, I often wonder what normal people might think about the strange behavior of the Chinese government when the Dalai Lama looms on the horizon. President Obama meets all manner of heads of state, even small states, business people, ministers, celebrities, religious leaders, and no one pays that much attention. He already met the Dalai Lama when he was a senator, and now he looks forward to a pleasant chat with one of the most engaging, wise, friendly, and good humored people on their planet. People wouldn't pay that much attention to it if it wasn't that the Chinese government didn't go berserk in public, like it was the end of the world or something!

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New Delhi, Feb 19 : Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa Lama delivered a discourse on the teachings of Lord Buddha here on Friday.

Dorje is the highest Tibetan lama, whose authority is recognized by both Beijing and the Dalai Lama.

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WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama discussed the need to promote peace, humanitarian values and religious harmony, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said on Thursday.

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Dharamsala, Feb 14 (IANS) The spiritual head of the Tibetan community, the Dalai Lama, Sunday once again expressed concern over the plight of people living in Tibet and asked them to put in more efforts in studying Buddhism.
Presiding over the special prayer sessions at the hilltop Tsuglagkhang temple at McLeodganj near here to mark Losar (Tibetan New Year), the Dalai Lama offered greetings to the Tibetans - both living inside and outside Tibet. According to the Tibetan lunar calendar, Losar is the first day of the year and traditionally celebrated in a big way.

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I like much of what Tarpley says and often link to his essays and interviews, but this piece is sheer drivel. Very disappointing to watch him rehash Chinese colonialist arguments (colonizers always argue that they are helping their colonies by civilizing them). ABN

BANGKOK, Thailand — In the age of growing Chinese influence, there’s a simple measure of a country’s willingness to test China’s wrath. Will they stamp the Dalai Lama’s passport?

Add Thailand to the shrinking list of nations that won’t.

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Mikulov, South Moravia, Feb 8 (CTK) - The Czech police detained three women from Tibet who wanted to illegally travel from Poland via the Czech Republic to Austria last week, foreigner police spokesman Roman Pittner told CTK Monday.

They claimed they want to join their relatives in the celebrations of the forthcoming Buddhist New Year falling on Sunday, Pittner said.

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