Atlantida, a summer resort of Uruguayans located just 45 kilometers away from the Uruguay’s capital city, Montevideo, is celebrating this month a centenary of town’s birth in 1911. As a part of the celebration, the town authorities and a league of civic and other commercial associations of the town …
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Dalai Lama Preaches Forgiveness in Limerick
Limerick, Ireland, 14 April 2011 (RTE News Ireland) – The Dalai Lama has completed his two-day visit to Ireland with an address on ‘The Power of Forgiveness’ at the University of Limerick’s sports arena. Over 3,000 people listened to the Dalai Lama’s address, which lasted for over an-hour-and-a-half. He spoke …
Read More »Chinese Government Imposes Military Blockade in Ngaba, Tibet
New York—On April 11, 2011, Chinese security forces faced off against the Tibetan townspeople of Ngaba County in Sichuan Province, PRC, as the Tibetans blocked all entrances into Ngaba Kirti Monastery to protect the monks from forced removal and holding by the Chinese security forces. Since the self-immolation of the …
Read More »A Tibetan New Yorker wins prestigious graduate scholarship at Oxford University, England
Kunchok Dolma, a former student of Honors College at Lehman, City University of New York, has won a prestigious Clarendon Scholarship to pursue graduate studies at Oxford University, England. Kunchok will be pursuing her M.Phil in International Relations at Oxford University. Clarendon Scholarships are awarded to academically excellent students with …
Read More »A Tibetan Student Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship
Tenzin Seldon, a junior at Stanford University and a first generation Tibetan American, has been announced as one of the winners of the prestigious Truman Scholarship. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation announced that 60 students from 54 US colleges and universities were selected as 2011 Truman Scholars. The …
Read More »Parliament Announces Proceedings of Second Tibetan National General Meeting 2011
DHARAMSHALA, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 — The Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat today announced the proceedings of the Second Tibetan National General Meeting to be held in Dharamsala from 21 – 23 May 2011. The proceedings of the general meeting was finalised yesterday at a meeting of the members of …
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