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Dharamsala, January 28: Himachal Pradesh Police on Wednesday evening seized one crore (10 million) rupees in cash, which was allegedly brought to the state for clearing payments in connection with an illegal land deal at Dharamshala in Kangra district, media reports said.

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Dharamsala, January 26 – The Tibetan National Sports Association participated in a meeting of football playing nations not registered with the world football governing body FiFA in Barcelona on January 22. The meeting was called by NFB (Nouvelle Fédération-Board), unofficially Non-FIFA-Board, which invited the TNSA to participate in the meeting.l

The TNSA secretary Kalsang Dhondup could not attend the meeting personally owing to lack of funds, and requested Ven. Thupten Wangchen of the Casa Del Tibet, Barcelona, to represent TNSA at the meeting that was participated by representatives from Italy, France, Norway, Kurdistan, Spain and other small nations. This was NFB’s 7th annual general meeting.

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Source : phayul.com 21, Jan, 2011.

WASHINGTON – Chinese President Hu Jintao, unbowed by pressure on a state visit, warned the United States on Thursday not to press on Taiwan and Tibet as he insisted that the rising Asian power sought cooperation.

A day after a gala dinner at the White House, Hu had a frostier reception as he visited Capitol Hill where top US lawmakers pressed him on economic and human rights concerns including the jailing of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo.

Hu afterward delivered a speech to US business and political leaders in which he urged "mutual respect" and said: "The China-US relationship is not one in which one side's gain means the other one's loss."

The Chinese leader said that Taiwan and Tibet "concern China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and they represent China's core interests."

Source: phaytul.com 19, Jan, 2011

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama pressed President Hu Jintao to give China's 1.3 billion people more freedom, stepping up the forcefulness of his message on a contentious issue between the two countries.

Obama won an acknowledgment from Hu that China needs to do more but the Chinese leader also made clear at a joint news conference Wednesday that any dialogue on the subject must avoid interference in his nation's affairs. "As I've said before and I repeated to President Hu, we have some core views as Americans about the universality of certain rights -- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly -- that we think are very important and that transcend cultures," Obama said.

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By Kalsang Rinchen

Dharamsala, January 18 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama has reassured Tibetans that he would not abandon the responsibility of leading the Tibetan people. The Tibetan leader was speaking on Sunday to around 2000 Tibetans who had traveled from Tibet to Varanasi where the Tibetan leader concluded Buddhist teachings.

“Democracy is very important part of our political development. It is not that I am discouraged or shirking away from the responsibility. I will never abandon you Tibetans until my last breath. As you can well see, physically I am fit and healthy, even at 76 years of age and now heading towards 77. So don’t worry about me quitting from leadership responsibility, stay relieved,” the 76 year old Tibetan leader said.