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Jessica Chasmar, The Washington Times |December 8, 2015

The Dalai Lama says respectful dialogue with the Islamic State is the only way to defeat the terrorist group.

[PTI] Beijing, Dec 8: Mount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world’s highest peak shrinking “remarkably”,

Simin Denyer, The Washington Post | December 4, 2015

BEIJING — China has mounted an extraordinary set of attacks against Communist Party members in the troubled western regions of Xinjiang and Tibet,

[The Hindu] CHITTOOR, December 2: The Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) and the Kadapa police on Tuesday evening arrested four international red sanders smugglers, including two Chinese and two Tibetans, and three of their associates from Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.

[TNN] Shimla, December 1: With the global summit on climate change kicking off in Paris, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said Tibetan plateau needed to be protected for the environmental health and sustainability of the world.

Reuters, Beijing | November 30, 2015

China will never give up the right to decide on the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, a top Chinese official said on Monday, despite criticism from rights groups and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader on the issue.

Srikanth Kondapalli, Daily Mail | November 30, 2015

Since a new Constitution was adopted without considering the aspirations of Madhesis and Janjatis in the Terai region, events in Nepal have given China opportunities to fish in the troubled South Asian waters.

Jayashree Nandi, TNN | November 29, 2015

NEW DELHI: Tibetan students, activists and the government in exile demanded “climate action” for Tibet on Sunday by holding a rally in the Capital.

EDWARD WONG, The New York Times | November 28, 2015

YUSHU, China — When officials forced an informal school run by monks near here to stop offering language classes for laypeople, Tashi Wangchuk looked for a place where his two teenage nieces could continue studying Tibetan.