In Lhasa
Security guards keep watch over Buddhist pilgrims as they walk on the Barkhor, the circular route around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, early Friday, June 19, 2009. After demonstrations against Chinese rule swept the Tibetan plateau 16 months ago, China tightened monitoring of Tibet’s Buddhist clergy, who have often been at the forefront of calls for Tibetan independence and the return of their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. (Photo: AP/Greg Baker)
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Tibetan Women Film Wins Emmy
Tibetan women, once among the leaders of a national uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet, are now preserving Tibetan culture as refugees in India and other