Activists protest new Tibet rail

A group of Tibet activists in Taipei yesterday protested against the opening of the world’s highest railway that links China and Tibet, calling it a “second invasion of Tibet.

World Cup fever grips Tibet monks

At Tibet’s holiest shrine, young monks are getting up at 3 a.m. _ not to pray, but to watch the World Cup. Lights flickered in the windows of the Potala Palace, former home of Tibet’s exiled ruler

Buddhists observe Dalai Lama’s 71st

While Pema Choedon, 63, rehearsed Tibetan prayer chants Thursday outside his Salt Lake City residence, 5-year-old Monlam Tesher played games on a cell phone.