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His Holiness the Dalai Lama awarded 2012 Templeton Prize

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader whose long-standing engagement with multiple dimensions of science and with people far beyond his own religious traditions has made him an incomparable global voice for universal ethics, nonviolence, and harmony…


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Two More Tibetans Self-Immolate in Tibet

Chimey Palden/file photo DHARAMSHALA: Reports coming out of Tibet say two more Tibetans have set themselves on fire in protest against the Chinese government’s repressive policies in Tibet. The two Tibetans – Tenpa Dargey, 22, and Chimey Palden, 21, monks…


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Tibetan girl receives a prestigious school award

Toongabbie, Sydney, Australia, 26 March 2012 Pema Yangchen, aged 6, received a prestigious “Friendship Award” from her school, Meadows Primary (Seven Hills, NSW), which has over 300 enrolled students. Pema is the only Tibetan student in the school. This award…



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Breaking: Tibetan youth self-immolates in New Delhi

Phayul[Monday New Delhi, March 26: A Tibetan youth today set himself on fire at a mass protest rally organised by the Tibetan Youth Congress in New Delhi, days ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s Jamphel Yeshi, a Tibetan youth living…