Toronto Cholsum FC, wins North American GCMGC
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, July 13: Toronto Cholsum FC has won the first North American Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup (GCMGC) football tournament held in Toronto, Canada.
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Author: Tenzin Gaphel
China vows to protect South China Sea sovereignty after ruling
Ben Blanchard and Martin Perry Reuters | July 13, 2016
BEIJING/MANILA – China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty in the South China Sea and said it had the right to set up an air defense zone, after rejecting an international tribunal’s ruling that denied its claims in the region.
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ICT slams foreign delegates attending Tibet development forum
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, July 12: US based rights group, International Campaign for Tibet has slammed foreign representatives for attending a Tibet development forum in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital as Tibetans are incessantly abused, repressed and tortured under the communist Chinese regime.
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Tibetan political prisoner Yeshi Choedon honored with inaugural ‘Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage’
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, July 12: Tibetan political prisoner Yeshi Choedon was awarded the inaugural ‘Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Medal of Courage’ at a felicitation held today at hotel Norbu House in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala.
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Call to allow 17th Karma to visit Rumtek monastery intensifies
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, July 11: Call for His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee’s return to Rumtek Monastery, the exile seat of the Karmapa in Gangtok, Sikkim has intensified amidst speculations on social networking sites.
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Missing Tibetan man allegedly found dead in Mississippi River
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, July 11: A possible match of a Tibetan man reported missing from Minnesota’s body recovered after two days in Mississippi River, Minneapolis.
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US claims China bribes UN news outlet for positive stories
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, July 8: United States has raised suspicion over China’s alleged involvement in bribing a news outlet focused on United Nations to push positive stories about China.
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Chinese officials force Tibetans to sell their land for peanuts in eastern Tibet
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, July 8: Chinese officials in eastern Tibet have forced Tibetans to sell their land for a minimal price or face jail term.
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Secretary Kerry mum over pleas to end investment in Chinese company in Tibet
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, July 7: US Secretary of state John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz continues to ignore a campaign launched by the London based liberal activist group Free Tibet exhorting them to disinvest in Tibet Water Resource, Ltd., a Chinese-owned water bottling company which operates in the most repressed part of Tibet.
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His Holiness’ birthday celebration disrupted, 30 Tibetans arrested in Nepal
By Lobsang Tenchoe
DHARAMSALA, July 6: Heavy police presence marred His Holiness’ 81st Trungkar (birthday) celebration leading to arrest of many Tibetans in Nepal.
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