WTN for February 2008

• Panchen Lama pays formal visit to China's top legislator - Xinhua
• Saudi Arabia, Tibet report H5N1 outbreaks - CIDRAP
• Tibetan Monks gather with Waldport youth - Newport News Times
• “Tibetan Freedom Movement” Could be the most Popular Cause on Facebook - Tibet
• Tibetan monks escape to Dharamshala after serving twelve year sentence - The Economic Times
• Home Department to offer Skill Training for Unemployed Tibetan Youths - TibetNet
• Can you hear me now? - Tibet
• Danish crown prince urged to avoid Beijing Games opening ceremony - DPA
• Royal family won’t boycott Olympics - Aftenposten
• Tibetan Olympics torch relay takes on its route around the world - Phayul

• 'Daughters of Wisdom' (Buddhist nuns in rural Tibet) - Chicago Tribune
• DIIR releases a Documentary on Wildlife Protection - TibetNet
• A Healing Among Nations - Vision Magazine
• Dalai Lama is drawing the crowds - Evening Post
• China Unmoved by Activists' Pressure Ahead of Olympics - Christian Post Reporter
• Spiritual leap Tibetan Buddhist study group gains affiliation with monastery - GoErie.com
• Singh visits remote state contested by China - Financial Times
• China's Panchen Lama Appears Publicly - AP
• Tibetan monk sentenced to three years term for "inciting masses" - TCHRD/Press Release

• New Year event in Tibet draws 100,000 Buddhist followers - Xinhua
• 70th birthday anniversary of late Panchen Lama commemorated - Xinhua
• Tibetan PEN calls for unconditional release of detained Tibetan writers - Phayul
• Buddhist immersion - The Observer
• Gordon Brown faces rift with Prince Charles over 'snub' to Dalai Lama - Daily Mail
• CTA Officials receive lessons on Moral Code and Responsibility - TibetNet
• Future of Dalai Lama Seminar in New York - Phayul
• China jails Tibetan monk for "inciting masses" - Reuters

• The web will struggle to massage a country’s image - Financial Times
• Monk Jamyang’s work at Dharamsala slums a service that changed a landscape - Tibet
• China Railway Construction says 4.0 billion dollar IPO postponed - AFP
• Chinese Communists Secure Regime With Massive Military Budget - Epoch Times
• The Story of Tibetan New Year - Phayul

• Dissident Chinese professor to sue Yahoo! and Google for erasing his name - Times Online
• China's paradox; Bigger economic clout will mean it's more dependent on Western approval - Sudbury Star
• 12 tons of red sandalwood smuggled to Tibet with ‘police protection’ - Nepalnews.com
• Hotline: Tibetan freedom: Help around Corner - Boston Herald
• Robert Thurman, Tibet House - Gothamist
• My vision of a compassionate future: Many of the problems we confront today are our own creation. - Straight Goods

• Qinghai-Tibet railway transports 5.95 mln tourists - Xinhua
• Declining Trend Of Vihara Culture In Kathmandu - Prem Khatry
• Snow clad dhauladhar hills in Kangra Valley welcome tourists - HP
• A Happy Tibetan New Year to all - Daily Planet
• Tibetans in-exile celebrate New Year Losar - ANI
• The ways of — and to — the Dalai Lama - Filmmaker's interview with His Holiness shows at the Wheeler - Aspen Times
• Dalai Lama to visit Colgate as part of lecture series - Colgate University News & Events
• Beijing decision defended by IOC - BBC

• Everything Is on Fire - Tibetan Buddhism inside out - Books & Culture
• Thousands in China pay tribute to late Tibetan lama - Reuters
• The Speaking Tree: Born-again Bodhisattvas' Path Of Compassion - Times of India
• Tibet returnee Newars mark Lhosar festival - The Rising Nepal
• Polish Parliamentary Group for Tibet, Parliament of the Republic of Poland - Tibet
• Bruce Anderson: We don't need to tell China what it's doing wrong - The Independent
• Tom Lantos 1928 - 2008 - Tibet

• Steven Spielberg shuns Olympics in China - The Daily Telegraphy
• Panchen Lama to become youngest China minister - sources - Reuters
• A nation that swallows its history - Sify.com
• Fiery crusader plans to walk to Tibet - IANS

• China feels heat as activists take their cue from Spielberg - Guardian
• Davies, Sufjan Star At Tibet House Benefit - www.billboard.com
• Railway stirs fresh concerns about Tibet - The Montreal Gazette

• Advances made in the Spanish lawsuit on genocide and other crimes in Tibet - www.TibetanReview.net
• His Holiness sends condolence message to Annette Lantos - TibetNet
• China is something of a neophyte where public relations is concerned - South China Morning Post
• A long way from Shangri-la - Business Standard
• Chinese premier phones Merkel, invites Germans to see Tibet - DPA
• China 'will make secret checks on backgrounds of Olympic visitors' - Daily Mail
• 'They are hosting an event to promote peace and people are being killed for their organs' - Guardian
• Exiled Tibetans gear up for anti-Beijing Olympics march - ANI

• On the roof of the world, enlightenment is found closer to home - Taipei Times
• China 'deeply concerned' by Kosovo independence - ABC Australia
• Kalon Tripa inaugurates the Mass Movement of the Middle-Way Approach - TibetNet
• Charles meets top Chinese leader - Press Association
• Bird flu outbreak reported in Tibet; man dies in central China - Canadian Press

• Elite China think-tank issues political reform blueprint - Reuters
• A slice of Shangri-La - China Daily
• Tibetan leading organisations launch uprising movement - Punjab News
• Kosovo Holds Lessons For Tibet, Taiwan - IPS

• Blind teens' Everest film - Reuters.com
• Tibetan Buddha showpiece of Sotheby's Asian spring sale - IANS
• Tom Watkins: Great teachers - open eyes to China/Tibet - Novi News
• Seven Stones Media Films 'A Year In Tibet' - 4RFV
• More Stars Put Off by Beijing's 'Genocide Olympics' - Epoch Times
• Tibetan language seen hurt by China's neglect - Reuters
• Report reveals determined Chinese assault on Tibetan language - Free Tibet Campaign

• 4 books on China published in Nepal - Xinhua
• Tibetan Olympic torch relay arriving in Taipei tomorrow - Taipei Times
• China eats crow over faked photo of rare antelope - Wall Street Journal
• India should stand up to China as an equal - rediff.com
• Thousands throng Tsuglagkhang to listen His Holiness's teaching - TibetNet
• Don't fence us in - Boston Herald
• China defends Tibet language policy after report - Daily Times
• Tibetan exiles set Olympics date for homeward march - Times of India
• Torch for Tibetan sports event arrives in Taiwan on 10-city relay - AP
• Tibetan activists stage symbolic torch relay in Taiwan - AFP
• Tibetans, Chinese Police Clash at Festival: update - RFA
• Tibetans clash with police in western China - Reuters

• Frankfurt Audience Excited by Divine Performing Arts - Epoch Times
• Interview: Miss Tibet shares thoughts on sports and pageants - Taipei Times
• Chinese intrusions on Indian territory unacceptable - Organiser
• Putting it together - Malaysia Star
• Regal couple - Malaysia Star
• Passage to Tibet - Malaysia Star
• Webcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Teachings - Tibet
• New Book Looks Unflinchingly at 1959-79 Tibet - RFA
• Dutch lawmaker calls for boycott of Olympic opening ceremony - AP
• Nepal hands over Tibetan after late night raid on Tibetan refugee center in Kathmandu - ICT Report
• Tibetans fear for man sent back to China from Nepal - AFP

• Tian Bao (Sangye Yeshi) - Obituary - AP
• New book details Chinese spy effort ahead of Olympics - AFP
• New open port needed for Nepal-China border - Xinhua
• Beijing says torch can stay alight atop Everest - Reuters
• Monks, sweets, politics at Tibetans' main festival - Reuters Life
• EU Coordination Office in Brussels to turn into Office of Tibet - TibetNet
• Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen to Head New Office - TibetNet

• The Changing Face of Bhutan - Smithsonian magazine
• Tibetan research is conference focus - Tibet
• The Impact of Beijing's Policies on Tibet and Asia - ICT
• If Kosovo, why not Tibet? - The Pioneer
• Report: Railway Hasn't Helped Tibetans - AP
• Kashag reshuffles representatives of the Offices of Tibet - TibetNet

• Bejing 2008 sponsors face pressure over China's human rights reputation - Marketing Week
• Beijing dismisses rights fears - Financial Times
• Tibet has second-highest temperature in 37 years in 2007 - Xinhua
• A bigger religious role in Chinese politics? - Independent Online
• Railway Hasn't Helped Tibetans - AP
• China denies Tibet railway hurting Tibetans - Reuters
• Tibet rail firm in $3bn flotation - Reuters
• Geshe Thupten Dorjee Wins Top Alumni Association Faculty Award - Tibet