By MICHAEL BUCKLEY, The New York Times | MARCH 30, 2015
NEW DELHI — CHINA has more than 26,000 large dams, more than the rest of the world combined. They feed its insatiable demand for energy and supply water for mining, manufacturing and agriculture.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Mar 30: A court in China’s mainly Muslim Xinjiang region has sentenced a man to six years in prison for “provoking trouble” and growing a beard, a practise discouraged by local authorities, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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DHARAMSALA, Mar 31: An amendment to the Tibetan Charter to allow a new parliamentary seat to be created for Tibetans in Australasia and Asia has been made during the Budget Session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile which concluded on Mar 28.
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[dalailama.com] Dharamsala, HP, India, 30 March 2015 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama today met with an estimated 1100 people from 56 different countries in Asia, Australasia, Europe, North and South America and Africa.
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DHARAMSALA, Mar 27: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today graced the opening ceremony of the 20th Shoton (yogurt) festival held at Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts here in Dharamsala.
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DHARAMSALA, Mar 24: Yet another Tibetan political prisoner has been released in poor health on Mar 20 after serving a jail term of 15 years for challenging China’s occupation of Tibet.
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NEW DELHI, Mar 23: Democracy is a concern for humanity and with compassion, genuine sense of kindness and concern for others change can be brought, said Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today at a two-day international conference on democracy being held over Mar 23-24 at India International Center in New Delhi.
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DHARAMSALA, Mar 20: A day after the Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile announced his resignation from the post amid murder allegations, in the beginning of the proceedings on the 5th day of the 9th session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Speaker Penpa Tsering decided not to resign from the post.
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DHARAMSALA, Mar 19: Speaker Penpa Tsering today announced that he would resign from the post when a Member of the Parliament made murder allegations against him.
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Sushant Singh, The Indian Express |March 19, 2015
Moving to deepen its engagement with Colombo and counter Beijing’s influence in the region, New Delhi is hosting a dialogue on vinaya (code of conduct) between high-ranking Theravada monks from Sri Lanka and counterparts of the Nalanda tradition — the first dialogue at this level between the two Buddhist traditions.
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