The nephew of the Dalai Lama has been killed during a 300-mile "Walk for Tibet" along a Florida highway, police said today.

The Dalai Lama’s nephew finished a 900-mile walk across America to protest at what he called Chinese suppression of Tibetans.

The boy chosen by China as the reincarnation of Tibetan holy figure the Panchen Lama made a rare public appearance at the start of an international Buddhist conference today.

THE boy chosen by the Chinese government as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama was greeted warmly by dozens of monks when he visited Tibet’s most sacred temple, giving rare publicity to one of his public appearances.