Police say more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, many of them nuns, were detained in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu while demonstrating against China’s crackdown in their homeland.

The Dalai Lama's representatives departed today from China with a solid offer from Beijing for future talks, marking a small step toward expanding dialogue between the two sides following anti-government riots in Tibet.

Police in Nepal have broken up protests by Tibetan monks near the Chinese embassy in the capital Kathmandu.

The Dalai Lama’s envoys and Chinese officials are planning a second round of talks, China’s state-run news agency said today.

Envoys from the Dalai Lama are to hold talks with China aimed at ending the crisis in Tibet.

Six monks were among 30 people jailed for between three years and life today for their part in anti-government riots in Tibet last month.

Seventeen people have been given jail terms of three years to life for their roles in riots in Lhasa last month, it was reported today.

Chinese state media today said the government will meet a private representative of the Dalai Lama soon.

Green Party leader John Gormley today defended comments he made condemning human rights abuses in Tibet.

China's Ambassador to Ireland has accused the Green Party of unacceptable behaviour, following comments John Gormley made at the Green's national conference last night.

Chinese president Hu Jintao says the recent unrest in Tibet is purely an internal affair that directly concerns the sovereignty of the world’s most populous nation.

The Dalai Lama has arrived in the United States for the first time since the recent turmoil in Tibet, serenaded by fellow Tibetans as he prepared to anchor an ambitious conference on compassion.

The Dalai Lama arrived in Japan today on his way to the United States, amid protests around the world over China’s handling of unrest in his native Tibet.

About 30 Tibetan Buddhist monks at a monastery in western China staged an anti-government protest today in front of a group of visiting foreign journalists, according to South Korean media.

Thousands of human rights protesters disrupted the Olympic Torch Relay through London today, billed as a journey of harmony and peace.

The recent anti-government demonstrations in Tibet were “outbursts of long pent-up physical and mental anguish” that proved most Tibetans want freedom from Chinese rule, the Dalai Lama said today.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown today insisted he would attend the Beijing Olympics, despite a warning by the French that President Nicolas Sarkozy will boycott the Games unless China opens talks with the Dalai Lama.

China vowed today to ramp up its controversial “patriotic education” campaign for monks even though the latest deadly protests in Tibetan areas were sparked by deep resentment over its enforcement.

Fresh violence has broken out in a troubled Tibetan region of western China, leaving at least one government official seriously injured.

China says it will put the Lhasa rioters on trial and reopen Tibet to tourism by May, underscoring the government’s drive to close the book on recent unrest well before the summer’s Beijing Olympics.

More than 1,000 people have been captured or turned themselves in for taking part in the Tibet riots last month, China announced today.

China has ordered more ideological education in Tibet to reduce support for exiled Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern is holding talks in Dublin today with representatives from the Tibet Support Group.

Concerns over the future of Tibet will be raised by Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern today.

Dozens of Tibetan exiles burned an effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao as they reached the Indian capital New Dehli today carrying a symbolic flame which they said would burn along with the official torch for the Beijing Olympic games.

Police say 200 Tibetan exiles and monks tried to storm the Chinese embassy visa office in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu but were stopped by police beating them with bamboo batons.

Chinese state media today accused the Dalai Lama of slamming the door on talks over Tibet’s future, an apparent response to rising international calls for Beijing to negotiate with Tibet’s exiled Buddhist leader.

Diplomats are preparing to leave the Tibetan capital after a quick overnight visit in the latest move by China to show it is in control of the region.

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband today flatly rejected pressure for a Europe-wide boycott of the Olympic Games in response to China’s crackdown on Tibet.

The Chinese ambassador to Britain said today she wants to keep politics separate from the 2008 Olympics.

Dublin South East Fianna Fáil TD Chris Andrews has today called on the Olympic Council of Ireland to withdraw from the opening ceremony at this year’s Olympic Games in protest at Chinese policies towards Tibet.

A government-managed visit by foreign reporters to Tibet's capital backfired today when Buddhist monks disrupted the tour, screaming that there was no religious freedom and that the Dalai Lama was not to blame for Lhasa's recent violence.

More than 600 people have surrendered in China admitting their part in the Tibet anti-government riots, police said today.

At least two people have been killed in fresh clashes between Tibetan protesters and Chinese police.

Nearly 140 people have been killed in demonstrations and a crackdown by China’s government since protests against Chinese rule started in Tibet on March 10, the main Tibetan exile group said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called today for “restraint” in Tibet, and offered France as a go-between in any new talks between China and the representatives of the Dalai Lama.

European countries should not rule out threatening China with an Olympic boycott if violence continues in Tibet, the president of the European Parliament was reported as saying today.

As China raised its death toll after riots in Tibet to 19 today, US presidential hopeful John McCain criticised Beijing’s actions as “not acceptable”.

Campaigners opposed to Chinese rule in Tibet said tonight they planned to protest outside the site in southern Greece where the flame bound for the Beijing Olympics will be lit.

China today issued a “most wanted” list of 21 rioters pictured in Lhasa last week. Meanwhile thousands of troops continued to push into Tibetan areas of western China to contain unrest.

A spokesman for Tibet’s government-in-exile says 19 Tibetans have died in China’s Gansu province in recent days following anti-government protests, raising the total death toll in the region to 99.

China’s foreign ministry says it is concerned about a planned meeting between prime minister Gordon Brown and the Dalai Lama.

China tightened its grip on Tibet today as it insisted the unrest there would not stop the Olympic torch from being taken to the top of Mount Everest.

Reports have claimed today that more than 100 people have turned themselves in to police in Tibet’s capital Lhasa to take advantage of a leniency offer after violent anti-government riots.