Dalai Lama starts week-long Kashmir visit
July 12th, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived here Thursday on a week-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah received him at the Srinagar airport."His ... Read more...
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UN deplores killing of Somali refugee leader at Kenya camp
January 1st, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Antonio Guterres, on Saturday condemned the recent killing of a Somali community leader in the Dadaab refugee complex in ... Read more...
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US official in India to push defence sales
February 8th, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) With the US seeking to significantly increase its defence sales to India, a senior defence official is joining Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on his visit there.Assistant ... Read more...
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Refugees United offers mobile hope to search for your loved-ones
October 21st, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 21 (ANI): In a noble effort to reunite families or relatives torn apart by war or natural disasters, a free mobile service has been set up, which allows people with ... Read more...
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Student, faculty researchers capturing history of Tibetans in exile
December 5th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Fayetteville (Arkansas, US), Dec. 5 (ANI): Geshe Thupten Dorjee, a Tibetan monk who teaches at the University of Arkansas, Sidney Burris and 15 students from the university, are working on a text ... Read more...
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15 Tibetans arrested for fresh Kathmandu protests
July 14th, 2009 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 14 (IANS) At least 15 Tibetans, including three women, were arrested by Nepal police Tuesday for staging an anti-China protest in front of the UN headquarters in the Kathmandu valley.
Fresh ... Read more...
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