WTN for October 2007

• UK MPs to meet the Dalai Lama and visit Tibetan Parliament in Dharamsala, India 1-5 October, 2007 - Tibet
• Tibet's parliament-in-exile working for Tibetans across the world - ANI
• China to tighten Everest access for Olympic torch relay - AFP
• Bronze Duplicates of the Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Available from the United States Mint - US Mint
• Dalai Lama to get Congressional gold medal on Oct 17 - PTI
• Parliament vice president calls for EU to boycott Olympics - Tibet
• Detained Tibetan school boys tortured by Chinese authorities - FTC
• Editorial: The Saffron Olympics - Washington Post
• Editorial: Dalai Lama; The PM's welcome meeting - Windsor Star
• A challenge to China - National Post

• An illusion called 'greater Tibet area' - China Daily
• "Dalai Lama's high-degree autonomy for Tibet" means overthrowing China's social system - Xinhua
• Opinion: Time to change policy on Burma - The Standard
• Students fight for freedom of Tibet at Olympic events - Deseret Morning News
• China resettles Tibetan herdsmen to preserve Yangtze, Yellow River source - Xinhua
• China to relocate Tibetan nomads - BBC
• China: Issue Moratorium on Executions Before Olympics - Human Rights Watch
• A Doomed Failure -- Beijing Review article on the Dalai Lama - Xinhua

• Five Tibetan beauties for the Miss Tibet 2007 contest - Myhimachal
• Activist group says teens detained for 'Free Tibet' graffiti in China - AP
• Buddhism intertwines with Tibet's long history - Ithaca Journal
• Why they follow the Dalai Lama - Post-Standard
• Crackdown worsens in eastern Tibet: execution of Tibetan prisoner - ICT

• Environment: Riding on the roof of the world - Nature
• Bush To Raise Pressure on Rangoon - New York Sun
• Dalai Lama to meet (Canadian Prime Minister) Harper this month - CBC
• Dalai Lama's book affirms Christian teachings - Ithaca Journal
• Learning Buddha's golden rule - Ithaca Journal
• Dalai Lama urges listeners to attain inner peace to end conflict - AP
• Seek peace from within, Dalai Lama tells crowd in Cornell's Barton Hall - Ithaca Journal
• Local educator: Dalai Lama embodies peace - Daily Star
• Dalai Lama attains icon status - The Record

• Beijing fixated on a Buddhist monastery in India - Vancouver Sun
• Following Buddhism or fueling evil cults? - Xinhua
• Western journalists feel at home - China Tibet Information Centre
• Two Tibetans arrested in Lithang after "Patriotic Education" Campaign - TCHRD
• A Statue of Guru Rinpoche demolished and construction of another suspended in Tibet - TCHRD
• Far away from Tibet, a beauty pageant begins - IANS
• Tibetan PM to attend US Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony and raise Tibetan resettlement plan - Phayul
• Railway to Lhasa - Economic Times
• First IOJ Ahimsa Award given to the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela - Office of Tibet
• Special Envoy to the Dalai Lama to Speak at National Press Club - ICT
• Dalai Lama says religion can bring hope if faiths work together - AP
• Tibetans Storm Chinese Embassy in New Delhi - AP
• A Modern, Traditional Tibet: Growth seen as counter to separatism - Washington Times
• 21st century comes to Tibet - Washington Times
• China memo questions loyalty of Communist Tibetans - Reuters
• Bush throws down gauntlet to China with Dalai Lama meeting - AFP

• U.S. official: China backs out of meeting to protest Dalai Lama honor - AP
• China: Four Tibetan Children at imminent risk of torture - Amnesty International
• China steps up vigilance and control in Tibet prior to Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony for the Dalai Lama - TCHRD
• Tough Times in Tibet - Wall Street Journal
• China condemns Dalai Lama US trip - BBC
• Bush to Meet With Dalai Lama Today - AP
• Dalai Lama to visit Indiana next week - AP
• China protests Dalai Lama honor - AP
• Why Bush risks China's ire to honor Dalai Lama - Christian Science Monitor
• President Bush Meets With Dalai Lama in Low-Key White House Affair - Fox News

• Speaker Karma Chophel to visit United States - TibetNet
• Brother of Dalai Lama meets with students in Chestnut Ridge - Journal News
• Bush to meet privately next week with Dalai Lama - AFP
• Bush to Attend Dalai Lama's Ceremony - AP
• China blames Dalai Lama for attack on embassy in India - AP
• Tibetan activists in Tihar Jail after severe beatings by Delhi Police - TYC
• Dalai Lama speaks in NYC, draws huge crowd of followers - AP

• U.S. official: China backs out of meeting to protest Dalai Lama honor - AP
• China: Four Tibetan Children at imminent risk of torture - Amnesty International
• China steps up vigilance and control in Tibet prior to Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony for the Dalai Lama - TCHRD
• Tough Times in Tibet - Wall Street Journal
• China condemns Dalai Lama US trip - BBC
• Bush to Meet With Dalai Lama Today - AP

• Tibet Through Chinese Eyes - Atlantic Monthly
• Tibet's troubled transformation - NBC News
• Congress Awards Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal -
• Tibet leader awarded top US medal - BBC
• Bush urges China to meet with the Dalai Lama - Reuters
• Bush asks China to open talks with Dalai Lama - AFP
• Sleeping on the job - The Pioneer
• President Bush and US Congress honor His Holiness - TibetNet
• China summons U.S. envoy over Dalai Lama award - Reuters
• Dalai Lama's award no medal of honour for China - The Age
• Bush Calls on China to Meet with Dalai Lama - VOA News
• Dalai Lama Says His Successor Could be Chosen by Unorthodox Method - VOA News
• Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony Address - His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet

• Resolve Tibet issue for lasting peace between India, China: Dalai Lama - PTI
• Tibetans in Taipei celebrate Dalai Lama's US medal - Taipei Times
• Strong protest lodged over US Congress award to Dalai Lama - China Daily
• A Hubbub Over a Visit by the Dalai Lama? Not in New York - New York Times
• Spirit moves Dalai Lama crowd - LA Times
• Afraid of the Dalai Lama? - Washington Post
• Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell addresses Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony - Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
• Senator Mrs Dianne Feinstein addresses Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony - Senator Mrs Dianne Feinstein
• Congressman Mr Tom Lantos addresses Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony - Congressman Mr Tom Lantos
• Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony - Speaker Nancy Pelosi
• President Bush addresses Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony - President Bush
• His Holiness addresses the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony - His Holiness the Dalai Lama

• MP meets Dalai Lama - Sussex Express
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Jianchao's Regular Press Conference - 18 October 2007
• Dalai Lama meets with Emory faculty to launch weekend of events - AP
• A welcome visitor - Houston Chronicle
• US No. 2 diplomat meets with Dalai Lama for talks - AP
• Dalai Lama Visits Northwest D.C. Shelter - Washington Post
• 'Homeless' Dalai Lama visits US shelter for homeless - AFP
• Dalai Lama wants an autonomous Tibet - Miami Herald

• A hope for peace after exile - York Daily Record
• Dalai Lama to visit Indiana - Cincinnati Enquirer
• Tibetan Cultural Center founded by Dalai Lama's brother - Indianapolis Star
• Rinpoche, Dalai Lama met in Tibet, reunited in U.S. - Indianapolis Star
• Tibetan monks "clash" with police over Dalai Lama - Reuters
• Newspaper reports clashes in Tibet after US honor for Dalai Lama - AP

• Kalon Tsering Phuntsok to visit northeastern Tibetan settlements - TibetNet
• Chinese Envoy Cautions Harper Against Meeting with Dalai Lama - Embassy Magazine
• Grand welcome planned for Dalai Lama - Globe & Mail
• The Trouble In Tibet - Emory Wheel
• China's grip on Tibet - Boston Globe
• Exiles say clashes in Tibet after US award to Dalai Lama - AFP
• Concern at Tibet monk 'arrests' - BBC
• China crush monks for celebrating His Holiness' medal in Tibet - TibetNet
• An Interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Emory Wheel
• Tibet and China: Freedom vs. Survival - New America Media
• Tibet's spiritual leader will also meet with prime minister - Ottawa Citizen
• Editorial notebook: Forced silence in Tibet - Sacramento Bee
• Why does China Fear the Dalai Lama? - newsblaze.com
• At Emory University, Dalai Lama Says Tolerance Is 'Essential' in Today's World - AP
• Dalai Lama continues to give China fits - Columbus Desptach

• TCV celebrates 47th founding anniversary - TibetNet
• Commentary: China's military prowess in Tibet - UPI
• Dalai Lama begins Indiana visit under tight security - Indianapolis Star
• Dalai Lama Dedicates Entrance at Center His Brother Founded - AP
• 'Terror and celebration' in Lhasa as Dalai Lama receives Gold Medal award - ICT
• Tibet monastery surrounded by military amid security crackdown after Dalai Lama award - AP

• Benitez risks welfare for justice in Tibet - Boulder Daily Camera
• It takes a monk - The Economist
• Report: Tibet monastery sealed - CNN

• Freedom at last after 18 years- China releases Ngawang Phulchung - TibetNet
• Nangpala Revisited- Shooting left nine Tibetans missing and three arrests - TibetNet
• Embassy heat - Ottawa Citizen
• Dalai Lama will drop by for chat with Jean - CanWest News Service
• Rebroadcast of October 17 Gold Medal Ceremony on ICT's Website - ICT

• Frames from the distant past - Hindu, India
• A chat with a god-king - National Post
• Letter from China: Separating fact from image on Tibet - International Herald Tribune
• Dalai Lama Has No Answers About Iraq War - AP
• Electric atmosphere greets Dalai Lama's visit to Purdue - Journaland Courier
• Dalai Lama's latest visit to be very public and very political - Canadian Press

• Tibetans in Japan Celebrates US Congressional Gold Medal Award - Office of Tibet
• Meeting puts China relations at risk - National Post
• Dalai Lama draws flock to Indiana - Journal Gazette

• Exiled Tibetans hold candlelight vigil against Chinese military oppression in Tibet - ANI
• Disarm the heart - CanWest News Service
• PM talks with Dalai Lama signal unprecedented push - CTV
• Dalai Lama arrives in Ottawa for historic visit - CTV
• Searching for a spiritual successor - Ottawa Citizen
• China warns Dalai Lama visit could harm relations - CTV
• Beijing issues warning to Harper - Globe & Mail
• Dalai Lama takes peace plea to Ottawa - Toronto Star
• Chinese authorities closes down Pangsa Monastery in Tibet - TCHRD
• Dalai Lama says China could stand to learn much from Canada's example - AP
• Official support for Tibet tepid at best - National Post
• The Dalai Lama's plea - Toronto Star
• The Dalai Lama: Living with peace, harmony, and a several divisions of Chinese troops just across the border - National Post
• China says Canada-Dalai Lama meeting "disgusting" - Reuters
• Chinese 'childish' for opposing visit - Toronto Sun
• Editorial: Stephen Harper was right to meet the Dalai Lama - National Post
• Dalai Lama holds first formal talks with a Canadian PM - AFP
• Prime minister says a very public hello to Dalai Lama - CanWest News Service