Himachal government requested to introduce photo identity card system
[Tuesday,06 January 2009,Punjab Newsline]
Keeping in view security concerns of the state, the Himachal Pradesh government has requested the Centre to introduce photo identity card system for Tibetans refugees and Nepalese living in the state...

China seen facing wave of unrest in 2009
[Tuesday,06 January 2009,Reuters]
China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning of the hazards to Communist Party control from a sharp economic downturn...

China releases prisoners for fear of death in custody
[Tuesday,06 January 2009,Phayul]
China has begun to release Tibetan prisoners who are likely to succumb to injuries of torture and beatings in prison. This has been an old tactic of the Chinese authorities to escape the blame of a prisoner’s death in prison, say right groups...

Arrests Increased in Chinese Region
[Tuesday,06 January 2009,The New York Times]
Citing official statistics on one aspect of China’s security crackdown last year around the Beijing Olympics, a report published Sunday in an official newspaper said that more than 1,100 people had been indicted in the western region of Xinjiang on suspicion of “endangering state security” in the first 11 months of last year...

Free Tibet concert: a gift to Alaska
[Tuesday,06 January 2009,Alaska Journal of Commerce]
An Anchorage couple committed to informing Alaskans about matters of politics between China and Tibet plan to say it with music, in a free concert in Anchorage open to all Alaskans. The Jan. 10 concert, promoted as “A Big Dream,” is just that for Paola Pivi, and Karma Lama...

Out of the Closet: China’s “Other Tibet”
[Monday,05 January 2009,Dissident Voice]
The 2008 Olympics held in Beijing helped bring into the limelight the plight of ethnic minorities in China, subject to ‘gross human rights violations’, according to Amnesty International...

Make No Mistake
[Monday,05 January 2009,The Times of India]
It is now well established that for over a quarter of a century, China went on a spree of supplying Pakistan with nuclear weapons designs and technology. What is, however, not understood clearly is China's culpability in acting as a virtual accessory of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), renamed as Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), which perpetrated the Mumbai carnage...

Saffron delegation arrives in China on maiden visit
[Sunday,04 January 2009,PTI]
The first-ever BJP-led saffron brigade delegation has arrived here on a maiden visit to China to discuss "all issues, including Tibet" with the ruling Communist Party and enhance mutual understanding...

Tibet aims to attract three million tourists this year
[Sunday,04 January 2009,Xinhua]
Tibet Autonomous Region aims to host three million tourists this year, the regional bureau said. It received an estimated 2.2 million tourist arrivals in 2008...

Tibet to Change Name in Honor of Barack Obama
[Saturday,03 January 2009,TheSpoof.com]
Tibet, the mountainous country "at the top of the world" that has been controlled by China for many years, has decided to change the name of a beloved citizen to honor newly elected U.S. President Barack Obama...

13 Tibetan Shops Gutted in Andhra Pradesh
[Saturday,03 January 2009,Phayul]
13 Tibetan makeshift shops have been razed by a fire that broke around midnight of the new-year eve in Hanamkonda, Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh. The fire has also gutted 3 private buses belonging to local Indian travel agents...

'Angry Monk': Doc offers sharper image of Tibet
[Saturday,03 January 2009,SF Gate]
The first thing that's noticeable about Luc Schaedler's Tibetan documentary, "Angry Monk," is that there is no interview with the Dalai Lama. No Tibetan doc is without one, it seems, and it begs the question: Was the otherwise-accessible His Holiness unavailable...

After 50 years in exile, hope for a return remains strong as Tibetans try to keep traditions alive
[Saturday,03 January 2009,AsiaNews]
Many Tibetans will mark 50 years since the 1959 uprising in exile. Today’s greatest challenge for them is to retain intact their cultural and religious traditions whilst developing an appropriate educational policy for the younger generation. Tibet ’s Prime Minister-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche talks about his hopes for the new year...

Abdul Kalam calls on Dalai Lama
[Friday,02 January 2009,Tibetoday]
A former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, today called on the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetans, at Mcleodganj today. The former President reached the Kangra airport in a regular Kighfisher flight at about 3.30 pm...

Big Brother 2.0 is here
[Friday,02 January 2009,DNA]
China's large and growing army of internet users — an estimated 250 million by last count, the world's largest by nationality — is posing unique challenges for the ruling Communist Party in its efforts to control the flow of information it considers undesirable...

Tibetan Buddhist institute signs MOU with Miami University
[Friday,02 January 2009,Phayul]
Fostering an already existing academic cooperation into a fuller collaboration, a Miami University, Ohio USA), today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, a premier Tibetan learning centre based in Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-exile...

Rogge: IOC was surprised by Tibet unrest; defends silent diplomacy
[Wednesday,31 December 2008,DPA]
The unrest in Tibet took the International Olympic Committee by surprise and it could only react with crisis management to the rising tensions around the Beijing Games, IOC president Jacques Rogge said in an interview...

Nobel Minds
[Wednesday,31 December 2008,The Krakow Post]
According to a Tibetan proverb, "Excellent people are honoured wherever they go" ? this time it happened in Poland.
The Dalai Lama's visit to Poland was a momentous event. It also provided an opportunity to reflect on Tibet's independence aspirations, Chinese policy and the achievement of the Dalai Lama himself...

Politics plays its part in busy sports year
[Wednesday,31 December 2008,Reuters]
Sports' major governing bodies were increasingly busy off the field of play in 2008, crossing swords with lawmakers, notably in Europe, over issues ranging from foreign quotas and corruption to finances and human rights...