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Casualties of Tawu Firing Rise, More Tibetans Shot and Arrested Than Earlier Reported
DHARAMSHALA: Details slowly trickling from Tibet reveal a dramatic increase in the number of Tibetans shot and injured during His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday celebration in Tawu region of eastern Tibet. Leading Tibetan Rights groups now put the figure to at least 14 Tibetans who were shot and injured rather than 6 as reported earlier.
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78th birthday celebration of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
tibetswiss.ch, 09.07.2013 - Around 1,500 participants, including many fellow contrymen, invited guests and friends of Tibet, found their way to Bülach to participate for the 78th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
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New rail network to carry 14 million Chinese across Tibet in 2015
Some 14 million people from across China will travel through the sparsely populated Tibetan Plateau in 2015 as a result of a new rail network for which several new railway lines are either under construction or being planned, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency Jul 6.
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Himachal Pradesh to partially revive British-era Hindustan-Tibet road
HIMLA: It once connected Rampur, the seat of the erstwhile princely state of Bushair which was a major entrepot, to the Tibet border. Over the years it fell into disuse and was abandoned. Now the Hindustan-Tibet road,
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Attack on Mahabodhi temple shouldn’t be considered serious: The Dalai Lama
DHARAMSHALA, July 7: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said that today’s terror attacks on the Mahabodhi Temple and other sites in Bodhgaya could be an act of a few individuals and shouldn’t be considered serious.
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China has to Address the Grievances of Tibetans: UN High Commissioner
DHARAMSHALA: Expressing her deep concern over the grim situation in Tibet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said “China has to examine and address the grievances of the Tibetans”.
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Peace march in the city of Zurich
Responding to the critical situation inside Tibet and also in solidarity with the brave Martyrs who sacrificed their precious lives for the cause of six million Tibetans, the Tibetan Community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein (TCSL), on the 28th of June, organized peace march in the city of Zurich.