Students for a Free Tibet Holds Winter Leadership Training in Santa Barbara
More than fifty youth activists from all over North America have gathered at the University of California in Santa Barbara to attend the annual Winter Leadership Training organized by Students for a Free Tibet. The students, twenty-three
Mahabodhi Society to seek President’s permission to invite Dalai Lama
The society’s chairman, Ven. Banagala Upatissa Nayaka Thera said that thesociety had decided to ask President Mahinda Rajapakse to invite the
Dalai Lama to Sri Lanka, prior to his visit
Students for a Free Tibet Holds Winter Leadership Training in Santa Barbara
More than fifty youth activists from all over North America have gathered at the University of California in Santa Barbara to attend the annual Winter Leadership Training organized by Students for a Free Tibet.
China clamps down on Tibetan sky burials
The ancient Tibetan practice of sky burial, by which the dead are left exposed for vultures, is to be more tightly regulated, the Chinese government announced yesterday.
Chinese ban on Wikipedia prevents research, users say
Chinese students and intellectuals are expressing outrage at Beijing’s decision to prohibit access to Wikipedia, the fast-growing on-line encyclopedia that has become a basic resource for many in China.