President Barack Obama granted an audience to Tibet’s Dalai Lama yesterday over the strong objections from China that the US was meddling in its affairs.

An Australian man and three Tibetans have died in an avalanche on Mount Everest, Chinese state media said today.

A Tibetan poet and activist due to be presented with an international award for courage in the United States will not be able to receive the honour because Chinese authorities have denied her a passport.

Hundreds of Tibetans demonstrated in a western China town today, calling for freedom from Chinese rule.

A Tibetan farmer set himself on fire in remote north-west China today in the second such death near the Labrang Monastery in two days, a rights group said.

Two men engulfed themselves in towering flames outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital.

China is beset by a moral crisis, widespread corruption, and lawlessness, leading millions of Chinese to seek solace in Buddhism, Tibet’s exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, said.

Tibet’s Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, fears China may have plotted to kill him by training female agents with poison in their hair and on their clothing.

Tibetans are setting themselves on fire to demonstrate against Chinese rule, write Tim Sullivan and Gillian Wong

A Tibetan protester set himself on fire at a demonstration in the Indian capital today ahead of a visit by China’s president.

The Garda Ombudsman is to assess a complaint from three Tibetans who claim they were harassed by gardaí as well as prevented from protesting during the visit of Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping.

The carefully choreographed visit of Xi Jinping calls to mind the abject deference we once accorded to high-ranking prelates in this country, minus the ring-kissing.

Tibet’s exiled Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama has pointed to what he called China’s “ruthless policy” as prompting the recent deaths of Tibetan monks who set themselves on fire in protest.

The elected prime minister of Tibet’s government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, said a grand religious gathering starting in Washington today would allow expatriates a right denied their brethren inside China – to meet their spiritual leader.

The Dalai Lama, who has pushed without success for more autonomy for his native Tibet for decades, has said that China is not his enemy but some hardline Communists are.

IN THE 1960s, Inisheer’s only roads were narrow dirt tracks, the traffic consisted entirely of donkeys, water was drawn from wells, clothes were homespun, everyone spoke Irish — and there, two of my books were written by candlelight.

The Tibetan parliament-in-exile is debating the Dalai Lama’s decision to give up his political role, with some members pleading for the Buddhist holy man to reconsider.

THE Dalai Lama has said he would step down as Tibet’s political leader, a move seen as transforming the government-in-exile into a more assertive and democratic body in the face of Chinese pressure.

Chinese officials tried to defuse discontent following days of student protests in ethnically Tibetan areas, saying a plan to teach classes only in Mandarin Chinese was not aimed at wiping out Tibet's native tongue, state media reported today.

Large numbers of Tibetan students staged marches in western China to protest the forced use of Mandarin Chinese in area schools, according to reports.

THE awarding of the Nobel Peace prize to a brave Chinese human rights campaigner will hopefully aid the process of ridding China of the cruel and bloody dictatorship that has ruled the country for decades.

One of Tibet’s richest businessmen has been sentenced to life in prison for helping exile groups, a human rights organisation said today, the latest case in a surprising crackdown on well-known Tibetans once praised by Chinese authorities.

The Dalai Lama celebrated his 75th birthday today with hundreds of cheering followers in Dharmsala, northern India, which has been his home since he fled Tibet after a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule.

China today announced it is to build the world’s highest airport in Tibet.

Chinese security forces uncovered a bomb-making operation in the volatile western region of Xinjiang, foiling plans to carry out attacks including suicide bombings, police said today.

THE government imposed a curfew last night in the capital city of western China after mobs of Han Chinese armed with cleavers roamed the streets looking for Muslim Uyghurs who had earlier attacked people in the country’s worst ethnic violence in decades.

NEARLY 100 monks were arrested yesterday after hundreds of Tibetans attacked a police station and government officials in north-western China on Saturday.

Nearly 100 Tibetan monks were arrested or turned themselves in today after hundreds of protesters attacked a police station in north-western China, state media reported.

China’s Premier Wen Jiabao today said Beijing is willing to hold future talks with the Dalai Lama as long as Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader gives up his “separatist stance”.

Authorities in Tibet and restive parts of western China were on heightened alert today for possible unrest on the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule and the Dalai Lama’s flight from Tibet.

HOMEMADE bombs damaged police vehicles in a Tibetan part of western China yesterday, and authorities expanded a security cordon across the region ahead of the 50th anniversary of a failed revolt that sent the Dalai Lama into exile.

Troops patrolled winding mountain roads, internet services were cut and motorists ran a gauntlet of checkpoints as Beijing mounted a show of force in Tibetan areas to prevent a repeat of uprisings against Chinese rule.

PRO-TIBETAN protesters scuffled with police yesterday as Chinese premier Wen Jiabao arrived at the Chinese Embassy in London.

Pro-Tibetan protesters scuffled with police today as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived at the Chinese Embassy in London.

China has been forced to boost its police numbers at the base of Everest amid increasing cases of theft, prostitution and gambling.

Chinese paramilitary police with riot shields and batons took up posts on the main street of a Tibetan town, disrupting Buddhist pilgrims in a reminder of China’s determined control of the region.

The Dalai Lama warned Tibetan exile leaders today to be prudent in their plans or risk failure, after they said at a key conference they might push for independence for their homeland if China refuses to grant it autonomy soon.

The prime minister of Tibet’s exiled government said today that leaders would push for Tibetan independence if a key meeting of exiles this week decides to drop the Dalai Lama’s measured path of compromise.

Vivienne Westwood is showing her support for Tibet by using a special design on a bag for her new fashion collection.

Five Tibet activists were taken away by Chinese security agents today after protesting during the Olympic Games, hours after a Christian activist was detained on his way to a church service in Beijing attended by US President George Bush.

The Tibetan community in Ireland is due to hold a protest at the Chinese Embassy in Dublin today.

The Dalai Lama has defended Islam, saying that it was "totally wrong, unfair" to call it a violent religion.

Sharon Stone is back in trouble with animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), after revelations she forced filmmakers to mutilate a spider.

China’s Communist Party chief in Tibet delivered a fresh attack on the Dalai Lama today as envoys of the region’s exiled leader met for a second day of secretive talks with Chinese officials.