WTN for September 2008

• Interview: "You must judge things from your own point of view" - TibetInfoNet
• Video: Jigdrel - Leaving Fear Behind - Agam's Gecko Blog
• Video: Online Dharma Classic portal - Tibet
• Letter: We must keep speaking out about Tibet - Ottawa Citizen
• Game's Over, Free Tibet! - SFT Canada
• James Powderly, GRL Founder, Detained in Beijing - Gothamist
• Will the Dalai Lama return to Tibet? - New Statesman
• Major monastery reopens in Tibet - AP
• Nepal's Tibet dilemma - UPI Asia
• Nepal police arrest 120 Tibetan protesters - AFP
• China launches new attack on Dalai Lama's "lies" - Guardian
• Tibetan Monks Still Held in Qinghai - Radio Free Asia
• Tibet's most famous woman blogger detained by Chinese Police - ANI
• Doctors say Dalai Lama health not serious - Reuters
• Kalon Tripa: A Personal Request - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama's Representative appeals Tibetans supporters to join Worldwide non-violent action for Tibet - Phayul
• Global Non-violent Action for Tibet: Tibetan Solidarity Committee - Phayul
• Earthquake strikes Tibet; no damage reported - AP
• China Loses Vast Disputed Territories - Epoch Times
• Mission Accomplished. Now What? - TIME
• China Unlikely to Loosen Its Grip in West - Washington Post
• Rights-Europe: The Dalai Lama, Now the Once Welcomed - Inter Press Service
• Beloved monks mark birthday milestones - Asbury Park Press
• Dalai Lama plans visit to Quebec to support ethics course - CanWest News Service
• The identity crisis facing Tibetan refugees - IANS
• Kashag Appeals to Tibetans to Stand committed to Non-Violence - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama fasts for peace from hospital bed - AP
• Dharamsala leads worldwide fasting and prayers for Tibet - Phayul
• Tibetans pray for the speedy recovery of Dalai Lama - Thaindian

• Buddhism and Empire III: the Dharma King - Early Tibet
• Buddhism and Empire II: Portrait of a monk - Early Tibet
• Buddhism and Empire I: a soldier's prayer - Early Tibet
• BJP accuses govt of neglecting India's foreign policy - Press Trust of India
• Viewpoints: The Chinese pull it off -- and they did it their way - Montreal Gazette
• 22 dead, hundreds injured in China quake - Scotland on Sunday
• Tibet luxury train project will not start in September: report - AFP
• Travel: Mcleodgan -- A home in the hills - The Hindu
• Rubin Museum Finds a New Focus - New York Sun
• China says she protests too much - The National (UAE)
• Student suspended for Free Tibet protest - Green Left
• Tibetans pray for peace back home - Times of India
• Dalai Lama fine, will leave hospital Sunday: office - AFP
• Tibet luxury train project delayed: media - AFP
• Tibet quake bigger than first thought after crack found - China Daily
• Traffic expected to resume soon on blocked Sichuan-Tibet highway - Xinhua
• The Fear in Lhasa - A poem by Woeser
• Dalai Lama out of hospital but needs a 'good rest' - AFP
• Dalai Lama leaves hospital with a smile - Reuters
• Cinema '59 * World Cinema of Freedom Struggles -- A Supplement - WTN
• Cinema '59 - Jamyang Norbu

• Sichuan-Tibet highway collapse worsens with rainfall - Xinhua
• Former Tibetan parliamentarian, Thubten Samdup's project on "Electing the next Kalon Tripa" - Thubten Samdup
• Out of the spotlight, Dalai Lama still shone - Brown and White
• Tibet: The Shangri-La that exists only in the West's imagination - Kevin Deluca
• Tibetans celebrate 'Democracy Day', suspend protest demonstrations - IANS
• Democracy Day: Exile Government asks Tibetans to give more importance to "duties than rights" - Phayul
• Kashag's Statement on the 48th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day - Kashag

• Flood hits area near Labrang Monastery; four reported dead - ICT
• Ended revels - The Economist
• The Beijing Olympics: Our revels now are ended - The Economist
• Tibet unrest looms in post-Dalai Lama era - Reuters
• Two poems by TN Shakabpa - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Chinalco Takes On Volatile Tibet - Forbes
• Author, Educator Robert Thurman popularizes the Wisdom and Culture of Tibet - VOA News
• Tibetan Monks Freed in Golmud - Radio Free Asia
• Dalai Lama recovering, will soon return to work: aide - AFP

• Poem: TIME FOR CHINA - T.N. Shakabpa
• Witness (at Spanish Court) declares to the judge Pedráz that the deaths and tortures committed by the Chinese Government continued during the Olympic Games. - Tibet
• Chinese Govt under able leadership can find solution to Tibet: Gen Vinod Saighal - Punjab Newsonline
• Commentary: Religion and Politics - Samten G. Karmay
• Dalai Lama's brother dies at the age of 86 - AFP
• CENTRAL TIBETAN ADMINISTRATION MOURNS THE DEMISE OF TAKTSER RINPOCHE - Punjab Newsline
• TAKTSER RINPOCHE, ELDEST BROTHER OF THE DALAI LAMA, PASSES AWAY - ICT

• Road to nowhere – Book Review: TIBET: The Lost Frontier - Claude Arpi
• China's FM in India, Tibetans Express Opposition - Phayul
• India, China hold talks amid new strain in bilateral ties - DPA
• Enough is enough: India tells Chinese Foreign Minister - India Today
• Tibet was non-negotiable for Dalai Lama's brother - IANS

• Tibetan Emotional Upheaval and After - Tibetan World
• Exiled Tibetan monks attend a human rights conference in Dharamshala - ANI
• Hindi-Chini, hai-hai - Times of India
• Tibetans resume protests in Nepal, 72 held - Reuters
• Tibetans in exile protest Chinese Foreign Minister's arrival in India - ANI
• Obituary: Thubten Norbu, eldest brother of Dalai Lama, dies - International Herald Tribune

• The Distorted Image of Tibet (Part I) - Epoch Times
• Dalai Lama's brother cremated Thursday - Indiana Daily Student
• UNHCR to verify Tibetans in Nepal (Xinhua) - Xinhua
• China pressure forces govt crackdown on Tibetans - Kantipur.com
• British MPs visit Dharamsala, concerned over Tibetans' plight - IANS
• Nepal to deport illegal Tibetan exiles - AP
• Nepal alters policy regarding Tibetan exiles - CNN
• Nepal says to deport illegal Tibetans back to Tibet - Reuters

• POEM: POTALA - TN Shakabpa
• POEM: TIME FOR ACTION - TN Shakabpa
• Tibetan Parliament Honors US Speaker's Support for Tibet - TibetNet
• New Website in Chinese Aims to Close Information Gap on Tibet - ICT
• The Tibetan democratic experiment - Asia Times
• Dalai Lama calls special meeting to discuss Tibet - Reuters
• His Holiness Calls for Emergency General Meeting on Tibet (Tibetnet) - TibetNet
• Thubten Jigme Norbu dies at 86; symbol of Tibetan independence struggle - LA Times
• Thubten Jigme Norbu; Brother of Dalai Lama Advocated for Tibet - Washington Post
• TELEVISION REVIEW | 'TIBET: BEYOND FEAR' - New York Times
• China Attempts to Stifle NGO Statement on Tibet (Phayul) - Phayul
• His Holiness Cancels Europe Visit in October, as Doctors advise Good Rest - Tibet

• Tide is high in Tibetan economic fortunes - Tribune
• Betancourt, Dalai Lama, lead Sakharov Prize list - Tibet
• Religious leaders end 10-day trip to U.S. - Washington Times
• Tibet monk in hiding tells of interrogation, abuse - AP
• Stephanie Salter: Saying goodbye to Tagster Rinpoche's Indiana incarnation - Tribune-Star
• Dalai Lama cancels European tour on health grounds: office - AFP
• Tibet provisional govt to decide on China talks soon - Reuters

• French explorer's memoirs on travel to Assam - Sakaal Times
• Tibetan Parliament-in-exile approves to call special meeting on Tibet - PunjabNewsline.com
• UNI prepares to host the Dalai Lama for celebration of education - The Gazette, Iowa
• Delhi blast: 'I want to go back to my country' - Financial Times India
• Hungary Discriminates Against Tibetan Exiles - Tibet
• Two Tibetan documentary filmmakers held for past six months in Tibet - Reporters Without Borders

• 6th Session of Tibetan Parliament Concludes - TibetNet
• After the Olympics, will China crack? - Guardian
• OPINION China's duplicity at Vienna G. Parthasarathy - The Pioneer
• Study: Global Media Coverage of Beijing Olympics Avoids Politics - Newswise
• China says headed off Olympic protest permits - Reuters
• CCP's Increased Control Over Tibet - Epoch Times
• Obituary - Thubten Jigme Norbu - TibetInfo.net
• Authorities admit that Chinese migration may have been factor in triggering unrest in Tibet - ICT
• REMEMBERING THE FIRST RANGZEN MARCHER - Jamyang Norbu

• Time to Act for Tibetans in Nepal - Phayul
• THE TIBET ISSUE: Interview with Home Minister of Nepal - Tibet
• Next President Needs More Substantive Tibet Policy - Huffington Post
• China - Tibetan TV news presenter arrested in eastern Tibet - RSF
• 'Make efforts to find solution to Tibet issue' - Indian Express News Service
• The Story of Taktser Rinpoche - Elliot Sperling and Larry Gerstein
• Tibet: One diaspora, two paths - ISN
• Nepal's Maoists take a wary step out of India-China shadow - AFP
• For China's Nomads, Relocation Proves a Mixed Blessing - Washington Post
• U.S. Senate approves legislation urging the Chinese government to begin earnest negotiations with the Dalai Lama on the future of Tibet - ICT
• Diplomats of the Tibetan Government Meet - Phayul
• Tibet's Exile Government Wants China to Account for Missing following Uprising - Steve Herman
• U.S.: Chinese targeted religious groups before Olympics - CNN
• IMAGINE - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Today is set aside by the U.N. to celebrate peace - Bethany Beach Wave
• Diplomats of the Tibetan Government Meet - TibetNet
• China indignant, opposed to U.S. Senate legislation on Tibet - Xinhua
• China criticizes US Senate over Tibet resolution - AP
• Freeman exhibit celebrates the beautry and history of Buddhism - Wesleyan Argus
• As The Dust Settles - Sin Chew Jit Poh

• China Merchants Bank buys 60.5 pct of Tibet Trust - Reuters
• China Rejects US Lawmakers' Call for Negotiations with Tibetan Exiles - VOA News
• The Distorted Image of Tibet (Part II) - Epoch Times
• Karmapa rescued by army after 2 days of being stranded - Sify
• The Other Lama - Indian Express
• Kalka-Shimla heritage rail line - Amba Charan Vashishth
• Art of War - Are we deceiving ourselves again? - Hindustan Times
• Taskforce focuses on solution to Tibet issue - Chandigarh Newsline

• My Tibetan friend - C. Lanciai
• China CNPC proposes gas link to Tibet: report - Reuters
• An Olympic Moment - San Diego Reader
• Bush to meet with dissidents on UN margins - AFP
• In conversation with Tsewang Rigzin, President of the Tibetan Youth Congress - Phayul
• Govt to decide soon on Tibetans: DPM - Kantipur Online
• Confession Ultimatum for Tibetan Govt Officials in Tibet Ends - Phayul
• Indian education turns fatal for Tibetan children - IANS
• Bush worried about Dalai Lama - AFP

• Paul McCartney's Dalai dalliance - MyParkMag
• CMB Cuts in Tibet Trust & Investment Sector - COMTEX
• Is Peking really the place for the Olympic spirit? - Independent Forum
• Tibetans and activists protest UN visit by Wen Jiabao, Beijing’s “kinder and gentler” face - AsiaNews
• Dalai Lama’s security beefed up - Indian Express
• National Democratic Party of Tibet Meeting Begins - Phayul
• China's grip still firm on Tibetan area - BBC News
• Tibetan problem: Talks next month - The Statesman
• Meeting of Ex-Tibetan Ministers Begins - Phayul
• Dalai Lama well, but taking it easy, aide says - Reuters

• White paper: China respects freedom of religious beliefs of Tibetans - Xinhua
• 6.0-magnitude quake jolts Xigaze of Tibet - Xinhua
• Tibetan Canadian honoured as “Pacifist of the Year” in Montreal - Conflict Solutions
• Karmapa Arrives in Delhi After Rescue - Phayul
• Dalai Lama’s envoys to hold parleys with China again - IANS
• China slams Dalai Lama in government report - AP
• Dalai Lama back to work after illness - AFP

• The Distorted Image of Tibet (Part III) - Epoch Times
• Chinese delegation leaves Czech parliament over Tibet flag - AFP
• More than a thousand monks and many civilians have disappeared since the March crackdown - Nirmala Carvalho
• Chinese armed police beat Tibet monks -report - Reuters
• China lodges stern representations over U,S. leader call to Dalai Lama - Xinhua
• UN demands answers on Chinese torture - The Telegraph
• Dalai Lama Officially Invited to Speak at EP - Phayul
• Dalai Lama resumes sermons, to visit Japan in November - Earth Times
• WTN interviews Kasur Tenzin Geyche Tethong - WTN
• Photo exhibition on China's Quake, Tibet kicks off in Hungary - Xinhua
• New hydropower station starts operation in Tibet - Xinhua
• His Holiness Underlines Promotion of Human Values - TibetNet
• Aide says Dalai Lama well but taking it easy - Reuters
• China grants Rs 62.5 m military aid to Nepal - Nepal News
• Tibet deputy chairman and police chief sacked: govt official - AFP

• Interchurch conference seeks to unite faiths; join the conversation - The Advertiser
• Chinese anger goes beyond milk - Los Angeles Times
• Foreword to DEAD PEOPLE TALKING - Derek F. Maher, Ph.D.
• A meandering journey along the Indus - Express Buzz
• Mill Valley Film Festival: FIRE UNDER THE SNOW - San Francisco Chronicle
• Meet Ed Hardy, an atheist, Buddhist and minister - State Journal-Register
• China lashes out at US over Dalai Lama call - AP

• TYC Volunteers leave to help the flood affected regions in Bihar - TYC
• Tibetan Monks Missing Since April Raid: TCHRD - Phayul
• Unease grows at the rise of China - The Australian
• Tibetan expresses no anger at China - Ventura County Star
• Bush brings up China, tells PM we’re different, open societies - Indian Express
• ‘We Should Join Hands’ - Newsweek
• ‘We Should Join Hands’ - Newsweek
• The trampling of Tibet - Trishul Publications
• His Holiness Approves Proposal for Special Meeting on Tibet - TibetNet