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RFA-Tibetan Launches Live Election Broadcasts
Posted on Mar 08, 2006
RFA-Tibetan Launches Live Election Broadcasts
RFA[Wednesday, March 08, 2006 09:45]
Tibetan exile government candidates. Photo: RFA
With elections for the Tibetan exile government set for March 18, RFA?s Tibetan service has launched a series of broadcasts covering election-related issues. For a complete list of toll-free phone numbers that may be used to pose a question to the candidates, go to RFA's Tibetan Service Home Page
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China says no progress in talks with Dalai Lama
Posted on Mar 07, 2006
China says no progress in talks with Dalai Lama
Reuters[Monday, March 06, 2006 20:34]
BEIJING - The governor of Tibet said on Monday five rounds of talks between envoys of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government had not yet resulted in substantive negotiations, but added the door was open for more dialogue.
The comments by Xiangba Pingcuo, who is also deputy Communist Party secretary of the remote, mountainous region Chinese troops marched into in 1950, were unusually frank.
| Dalai Lama offers lifeline to Indian tiger
Posted on Mar 06, 2006
Dalai Lama offers lifeline to Indian tiger
Reuters[Monday, March 06, 2006 09:50]
By Simon Denyer
NEW DELHI - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, has thrown a lifeline to India's dwindling tiger population after an emotional appeal to outlaw the trade in animal skins provoked an extraordinary reaction in his homeland.
All over Tibet, there have been reports of people burning wild animal furs since the Dalai Lama, the Himalayan region's exiled god-king, made his appeal at a Buddhist prayer meeting in southern India in January.
| Tibetans celebrate the beginning of a new year with Losar festival
Posted on Mar 03, 2006
Tibetans celebrate the beginning of a new year with Losar festival
ANI[Thursday, March 02, 2006 20:37]
By Hemant Chauhan
Dharamshala - It was a joyous occasion for all Tibetans, as the people from Tibet are colloquially addressed, who conducted special prayers to mark ?Losar? or, the beginning of a new year this Tuesday.
Dressed in traditional colourful costumes, the Tibetans living as refugees in Dharamshala, participated in various religious ceremonies held to pray for the prosperity and well-being of the entire world. It is a significant day for all.
| Statement by Special Envoy Lodi Gyari, Head of the Delegation Sent by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to China
Posted on Feb 26, 2006
Statement by Special Envoy Lodi Gyari, Head of the Delegation Sent by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to China
DIIR[Saturday, February 25, 2006 17:29]
Contact: Mr. Thubten Samphel
(01892)222457
Special Envoy Kasur Lodi Gyari, Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen and senior assistant Sonam N. Dagpo meeting Exective Vice Minister Zhu Weiqun of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Sithar, head of the Second Bureau in the United Front, and others.
1. In continuation of the process started with the re-establishment of direct contact with the Chinese leadership in September 2002, my colleague envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen and I, accompanied by two members of the Task Force, Sonam N. Dagpo and Bhuchung K. Tsering, visited China from February 15 to 23, 2006.
| Dalai Lama's Envoys Return
Posted on Feb 24, 2006
Dalai Lama's Envoys Return
Phayul[Thursday, February 23, 2006 23:08]
Mungod, Karnataka, February 23 - The delegation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama headed by Special envoy Lodi Gyari has returned to India after a visit that lasted about a week.
According to a report by the Dharamshala based Voice of Tibet, a radio service funded by Norwegian Tibet Committee, the delegation would arrive in India today.
| EU welcomes the arrival of His Holiness the Dalai Lama?s envoy in China
Posted on Feb 23, 2006
EU welcomes the arrival of His Holiness the Dalai Lama?s envoy in China
Bureau du Tibet, Brussels[Wednesday, February 22, 2006 19:00]
By Tenzin Wangmo Dunchu
EU Coordination Office, Brussels - Since the resumption of Sino-Tibetan relations in the year 2002, the European Union is following keenly the developments of the talks between Chinese leadership and the envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The EU calls for the protection of cultural, linguistic and religious identity of the Tibetan people and has been regularly taking every opportunity to encourage the Chinese leadership for direct and constructive dialogue with the representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in order to find a peaceful and lasting solution to the Tibetan issue.
| Dalai Lama meets chief rabbis, Muslim leaders
Posted on Feb 20, 2006
Dalai Lama meets chief rabbis, Muslim leaders
The Jerusalem Post[Monday, February 20, 2006 09:36]
By MATTHEW WAGNER
The Dalai Lama walks with the Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis of Israel.
Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger called on Sunday for the establishment of "a religious United Nations" representing the religious leaders of all the countries in the world. Metzger suggested establishing the religious UN in Jerusalem and placing the Dalai Lama at its head.
Metzger raised the idea during a meeting that includedd himself and the Sephardic Chief Rabbi, Muslim leaders, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nobel Prize-winning peace activist and leader of the exiled Tibetan people.
| China accuses Dalai Lama of promoting Tibet's independence in Israel
Posted on Feb 17, 2006
China accuses Dalai Lama of promoting Tibet's independence in Israel
AFP[Friday, February 17, 2006 09:34]
Beijing, February 16 - China Thursday accused Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of promoting Tibetan independence during his tour of Israel, saying he was engaged in "splittist" activities.
"It's very clear to us what kind of person he is, what the purposes of his international activities are," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular press conference.
| Dalai Lama calls for nuclear-free world
Posted on Feb 17, 2006
Dalai Lama calls for nuclear-free world
ynetnews.com[Friday, February 17, 2006 09:07]
Tibetan leader says during speech at Ben-Gurion University 'A smile is a sign of human internal warmth, regardless of religious, racial or gender difference'
By Anat Bershkovsky
During a visit to Ben-Gurion University in Beer Sheva Thursday the Dalai Lama said ?everyone wants peace but no one speaks about how to reach it.?
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