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News Source: Voice of America
| 3 months ago
Tibet's parliament in exile has scheduled an emergency meeting in mid-November. Spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, requested the legislators adopt a resolution on the future of the Tibetan movement following the political unrest in their homeland...
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News Source: United Press International
| 3 months ago
The Dalai Lama has recovered from a stomach ailment and is to resume international travel at the end of this month, his spokesman said Tuesday. "He is fine," Tenzin Takiha said in New Delhi where the Dalai Lama, 73, underwent a medical examination...
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News Source: Eitb24
| 3 months ago
China closed schools in Tibet's capital for safety reasons on Tuesday, the day after a huge earthquake killed at least nine and a teenager died in a crush of evacuating high school students. Most victims of the 6.6 magnitude Tibet earthquake were...
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News Source: CCTV
| 3 months ago
Post-quake reconstruction "Mom, Don't Cry," the first Chinese film set against the backdrop of the Sichuan earthquake, premiered in Beijing on Sunday. Over 300 people, including the cast members, quake survivors and film specialists, were in...
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News Source: International Business Times
| 3 months ago
State media said soldiers and rescue dogs were searching through rubble for people in Yangyi, the hardest-hit village in Dangxiong County, where the magnitude 6.6 quake struck late Monday afternoon. The official Xinhua News Agency said nine people...
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News Source: Phayul
| 3 months ago
Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama today offered prayers and condolences in a message posted in his official website to those affected by Tibet earthquake on Monday. Tibet’s Damshung County at 4:30pm on Monday that left at least nine people...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 3 months ago
China's central government is sending officials to Tibet to join in relief efforts after the area was hit by a strong earthquake Monday afternoon. The work group consists of officials from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs and Ministry of...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 3 months ago
All schools in Lhasa were closed Tuesday due to safety concerns following the 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the outer Damxung County Monday afternoon. The decision was made overnight by Tibet's regional government, according to the...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 3 months ago
Ten people are confirmed dead and 34 injured after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China, the regional government said Tuesday. The latest death was from a high school in Shannan Prefecture, the...
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News Source: China News
| 3 months ago
Shortly after the road to Yangyi Village was restored around midnight, injured villagers were sent to two hospitals in downtown Lhasa for treatment. "Most of them suffer traumas or bone fractures," said Tashi Namgyal, president of the People's...