Britain’s Prince Charles to boycott Beijing Games

Prince Charles, pictured here in November 2007, will not be attending the opening ceremony of this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing, he told a group that campaigns against human rights abuses in Tibet in a letter disclosed Monday. (AFP/File/Sezayi Erken)

Tibet: The sound of artifacts disappearing

Shift your focus off the raids in Los Angeles for a moment. Look back to Tibet, where, for every artifact on display or in storage somewhere else in the world, there is a hole.

Grand Losar Fiesta in Kathmandu to go big

Giving a glamorous presence to this year’s celebration will be the participation of none other than the reigning Miss Nepal Sitashma Chand, who is set to be the co-host of the event