No policy to ban Dalai Lama from SA – govt
CAPE TOWN, Nov 29: South Africa has no policy barring the Dalai Lama from entering the country, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Thursday.
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Why Tibet Remains The Core Issue In China-India Relations
Brahma Chellaney, Forbes|November 28, 2014
Despite booming two-way trade, strategic discord and rivalry between China and India is sharpening. At the core of their divide is Tibet, an issue that fuels territorial disputes, border tensions and water feuds.
Read moreTibetan government-in-exile has unique economic model
Peter Hadekel, Montreal Gazette|November 26, 2014 Most political leaders would say that running the economy ranks as one of their
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Young Tibetan monk arrested for lone protest in eastern Tibet
DHARAMSALA, Nov 27: A young Tibetan Buddhist monk has been arrested by Chinese police on Nov 26 for carrying out a lone protest challenging Chinese rule in Tibet on the streets of Sershul County in Kardze Prefecture of former Kham Province in eastern Tibet.
Read moreNot a degree of freedom for Tibetans within China: US diplomat
[PTI] WASHINGTON, Nov 26: Tibetans within China do not enjoy freedom within the Communist nation, a top US diplomat has said after meeting Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal.
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Another earthquake hits Dartsedo County in eastern Tibet, injures three
DHARAMSALA, Nov 26: Another earthquake jolted Dartsedo County in Kardze Prefecture in traditional Tibet’s Kham Province at 11:19 pm (local time) Tuesday, three days after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the same area killing five people.
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ED gives Karmapa clean chit in forex violations case
DHARAMSALA, Nov 25: Much to the relief of Tibetans and Buddhist followers, the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorjee has been given clean chit by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a forex violations case involving the Tibetan Buddhist leader and his associates that raised much brouhaha almost four years ago.
Read moreChina builds hydroelectric dam on Brahmaputra in Tibet, India fears flash floods
[TNN] BEIJING, Nov 24: China has announced that it has completed a major hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra, called Yarlung Zangbo, in Tibet. The dam is bound to enhance fears in India and Bangladesh about flash floods and related risks like landslides involving lives of millions of people downstream.
Read moreDalai Lama hails good start between Narendra Modi government, China
[PTI] NEW DELHI, Nov 22: Hailing the “good start” between the Narendra Modi government and the Chinese leadership, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today said that despite difficult situations, efforts should be made through mutual understand to reach agreeable solutions.
Read moreIt took barley for humans to climb the mountains of Tibet
Rachel Feltman, The Washington Post | November 20, 2014
When the first humans made their homes at high altitude, they may have had barley to thank. According to research published Thursday in Science, it was probably the introduction of frost-resistant western crops that allowed early Tibetans to survive at about 8,200 feet.
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