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Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama criticised Russia's President Vladimir Putin as "self-centred" in a German newspaper interview.

• 08 сентября 2014, 09:59

Lal Jose and his friends will drive across two continents, crossing 27 countries, including Kazakhstan, and covering 24,000 kilometers in 75 days with a message of good will.

• 16 июля 2014, 18:29

The Dalai Lama has called for democracy in China and offered prayers for victims of the Tiananmen crackdown ahead of the launch Thursday of a new campaign for autonomy in his Tibetan homeland.

• 05 июня 2014, 14:14

A Tibetan man in China burned himself to death on Tuesday, overseas media and a rights group reported, the latest in a string of self-immolation protests in recent years.

• 16 апреля 2014, 14:16

Two Tibetan monks in China have set themselves on fire to protest at a 2008 crackdown, overseas groups and reports said, adding to a string of self-immolation protests in recent years.

• 18 марта 2014, 10:16

First it was the doctors, then came the reporters, now a group of religious men in Japan have formed Monks Without Borders.

• 12 декабря 2013, 15:36

The Dalai Lama said Friday he would miss his "dear friend" Nelson Mandela, who he hailed as "a man of courage, principle and unquestionable integrity" in a letter sent to the South African icon's family.

• 06 декабря 2013, 15:15

A Tibetan monk has set himself on fire in an act of protest in China, reports and campaign groups said Tuesday, as top Communist Party leaders hold a key gathering.

• 12 ноября 2013, 17:56

Mexico leader Enrique Pena Nieto has no plans to meet the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader begins a tour of the country on Friday.

• 12 октября 2013, 10:51

Chinese police opened fire on a group of protesters in Tibet, injuring 60, overseas rights organisations said Wednesday, in the latest flare-up over the authorities' tight control of the region.

• 09 октября 2013, 12:36

Hackers have attacked the Tibetan government-in-exile's Chinese-language website with an unidentified virus, making the portal inaccessible.

• 13 августа 2013, 18:36

The controversial renovation of the historic area around a key monastery in the Tibetan capital has been completed.

• 02 июля 2013, 15:29

More than two million Tibetans in China have been forced to change homes or relocate in a government-sponsored programme that is damaging their traditional culture and rural lifestyle.

• 28 июня 2013, 18:52

An envoy of the Dalai Lama said Wednesday that Tibetans would likely end a wave of self-immolation protests if China reopened dialogue with the exiled spiritual leader to address grievances.

• 29 марта 2013, 10:56

Two Tibetan teenagers died after they set fire to themselves in protest at Chinese rule, reports and Western rights groups said, in a rare instance of a double self-immolation in the restive region.

• 21 февраля 2013, 12:00

The documentary called 108 hours shows the first Kazakhstan expedition’s journey to the Antarctic.

• 17 декабря 2012, 17:03

Chinese government is not "seriously" probing the cause of a spate of self-immolations by Tibetans across China, the Dalai Lama said Monday.

• 12 ноября 2012, 10:59

China is ramping up security in Tibetan areas after a spate of self-immolation protests just as Beijing holds a key political gathering.

• 09 ноября 2012, 14:32

As he grins serenely and his burgundy robes billow in the fresh Himalayan wind, it is not difficult to see why scientists declared Matthieu Ricard the happiest man they had ever tested.

• 02 ноября 2012, 14:43

Two Tibetan men have died after setting fire to themselves in China, a US broadcaster and two overseas pressure groups said Tuesday, taking the number of such protests to more than 50 since 2009.

• 28 августа 2012, 19:03