Abhishek Madhukar, Reuters | March 10, 2015
DHARAMSALA, Mar 10: For China to find a successor to the Dalai Lama would be like former Cuban leader Fidel Castro choosing the pope, the political head of Tibet’s exiles said on Tuesday, in response to comments by a senior Chinese official.
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DHARAMSALA, Mar 10: Thousands of Tibetans and supporters in Dharamsala today gathered at the courtyard of Tsug-lag-khang, the main temple to observe the 56th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising of 1959 and pay tribute to those who lost their lives when Chinese troops crushed that uprising in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital as well as all those Tibetans who had sacrificed their lives for the cause of Tibet.
Read more[AP] NEW DELHI, Mar 10: Indian police on Tuesday detained about a hundred Tibetans who were protesting outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against China’s rule in Tibet.
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DHARAMSALA, Mar 10: It is in China’s interest to give real genuine autonomy to the Tibetan people which is compatible with Chinese law, said Ms Claudia Roth, Vice-President of the German Parliament (Bundestag) at a press conference held on Feb 9 at the heads quarters of the Central Tibetan Administration here in Dharamsala.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Mar 9: In the first self-immolation of the year, a Tibetan mother of three has burned herself to death in protest against the Chinese government in restive Ngaba County in eastern Tibet’s Amdo Province.
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Dharamsala, HP, India, 5 March 2015 – Since it was the 15th day of the first Tibetan month, the full moon day, early this morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama joined the assembled monks and nuns in the Tsuglagkhang at Thekchen Chöling for the bi-monthly Sojong or ‘restoration and purification’ ceremony.
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[AFP] SEOUL, Mar 5: US Ambassador Mark Lippert was slashed on the face and wrist by a man wielding a knife with a 10-inch blade and screaming that the rival Koreas should be unified, South Korean police said Thursday.
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Dharamsala, HP, India, March 4, 2015 – On a bright but chilly morning today, the fresh snow on the mountains brilliant against the blue sky, a complex Long Life Prayer in connection with Amitayus, the Buddha of Longevity, was offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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DHARAMSALA, Mar 5: Maternal and child health is the worst in Tibet despite drastic improvements in health conditions in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), says a new special report released by a rights group based here in Dharamsala.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Mar 3: A bipartisan bill that calls for denial of access to the United Stated by Chinese official responsible for policies on travel to Tibetan areas was re-introduced in the US Congress, reported the Washington-based International campaign for Tibet.
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