Tibetans in exile say Swedish FM was human rights beacon
The Tibetan-government-in-exile, based in the northern Indian hill station of Dharamsala, Thursday said the murdered Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was a champion of human rights.
Tibetans in exile say Swedish FM was human rights beacon
Late H. E. Mrs. Anna Lindh, the Foreign Minister of Sweden
At Dalai Lama’s Former Palace, Reverence
LHASA – The giggles and holiday chatter die down as visitors enter the small, lightly furnished room. Turning silently to the empty throne, they fold their hands in prayer, touch their heads three times and prostrate themselves on the carpeted floor.
Deputies of the 13th ATPD Meet for its Sixth Session
The sixth session of the 13th Assembly of the Tibetan People’s Deputies began yesterday here at the Assembly hall in the premises of the Central Tibetan Administration.
Sky’s the Limit for Car Salesmen on Roof of World
The new Buicks on the Kang Da car showroom floor glisten like melted yak butter. The sheen, however, belies the grueling odyssey that each of the Shanghai-made sedans had to make to reach the biggest auto dealership in Tibet, the “Roof of the World.”
Dalai Lama holds to nonviolent quest
The Dalai Lama has been here before. He has been to Bloomington, and countless other cities around the nation, to talk up the plight of his Tibetan compatriots, thousands of whom have lived in exile for nearly 50 years since a failed uprising against China.
Dalai Lama Assesses Afghan, Iraq Wars
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan may have been justified to win a larger peace but that is it too soon to judge whether the Iraq war was warranted.
Dalai Lama Assesses Afghan, Iraq Wars
Video image of the Dalai Lama during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. The Dalai Lama, who implored President Bush to avoid a violent response after the terrorist attacks two years ago, said that the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan may have been justified to win a larger peace, but it’s too early to say whether the Iraq war was warranted. He calls on Americans to channel their grief from Sept. 11, 2001 “into a source of inner strength.” (AP Photo/Kevin Vineys)
China angry as Bush meets Dalai Lama at White House
President George W. Bush met the Dalai Lama at the White House, in defiance of China’s protests that the Tibetan spiritual leader was using US soil as a launchpad for “separatist” activity.
China angry as Bush meets Dalai Lama at White House
This photo released by the White House shows US President George W. Bush (R) welcoming the spiritual leader of Tibet the Dalai Lama to the White House.(AFP-White House/Paul Morse)