Tibetans get five years for wildlife crime

In one of the shortest trials in Indian wildlife crime history, three foreigners- two Tibetans and a Nepalese national were sentenced to five years’ Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) by a Delhi Court today.

His Holiness visits Ise’s Shinto Shrine

His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited the Ise Shrine (Ise-jingū) arguably the holiest and the most important Shinto shrine located in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, Japan on Sunday morning, November 18, 2007. His Holiness is seen walking hand-in-hand with the Chief of the Shrine Ven. Toshiya Wada and Mr Sieshu Makino, former member of Japanese Lower House. Several wellwishers and Japanese Tibet suporrters greeted His Holiness as he walked through the large shrine complex and paid respect to the main inner shrine, Naikū. (Photo by Tenzin Dasel/Phayul)

China spying ‘biggest US threat’

Chinese espionage poses “the single greatest risk” to the security of US technology, a panel has told Congress. China is pursuing new technology “aggressively”, it says,