WTN for October 2009

• Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondents - Dancho Danchev
• The new China can also be an improved China - nationmultimedia
• 'Chinese intellectuals have gained better understanding about Tibet' - TibetNet
• Compassion in troubled times - Montreal Gazette
• Dalai Lama calls for a century of peace - Globe & Mail
• Dalai Lama visits Calgary - CTV Calgary
• Mayor will 'white hat' Dalai Lama - CBC News

• China's Minority Problem -- And Ours - Foreign Policy
• Nobel peace laureate slams South Africa - Calgary Sun
• Letter to the Empire State Building Management - Human Rights Watch
• Empire State Building lit for China, drawing ire - AP
• On China's 60th anniversary, Tibet wants quiet - Christian Science Monitor
• Sixty years of suffering for the people of China, says Tibetan leader - Asia News
• 'A great, loving and kind master': Dalai Lama in Calgary today - Calgary Herald
• Compassion is the key to happiness - Calgary Herald

• The Lama & Obama - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• Statement of the Asian Peoples' Solidarity for Climate Justice - Asian Peoples' Solidarity for Climate Justice
• Nepali borders sealed to prevent demonstrations on the anniversary of Chinese regime - Asia News
• No White House Greeting for the Dalai Lama's Visit to DC - Washington Post
• US names new coordinator for Tibet - AFP
• Dalai Lama's 'secular' message has a Buddhist core - canadianchristianity
• CTV's Exclusive and Intimate Special with The Dalai Lama - Oct. 3 & 4 - CTV
• Dalai Lama says time to leave Afghanistan - Sun Media
• Dalai Lama captivates Calgary; thousands hear spiritual leader - Calgary Herald
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Grieves the Earthquake Tragedy in Indonesia - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama saddened by the Tsunami in Islands of Samoa and American Samoa - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Dalai Lama talks peace in Montreal - CJAD
• The Dalai Lama says he always supported China hosting the 2008 Olympics - CP
• Dalai Lama breathes peace into Montreal - Montreal Gazette
• Tibetan Buddhists prepare for the post-Dalai Lama era - CTV

• Opinion: Middle Way the Rangzen Way - Norbu Samphell
• Dalai Lama shares laughs, advice in TV interview - CTV.ca
• Dalai Lama charms 14,000 at Bell Centre - The Gazette
• Habs could use some of Lama's good vibrations - Canwest News Service
• New US Tibet coordinator will meet Dalai Lama: official - AFP
• Statement by the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, on the arrival of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Washington, DC - ICT
• No Time for the Dalai Lama - Wall Street Journal
• US on defensive as Obama shuns Dalai Lama - AFP
• China Reports 1st Swine Flu Death - VOA
• Film by Tibetan Wins Best Documentary Prize at CIFF - Phayul
• Faculty of Education welcomes Dalai Lama to McGill - McGill Tribune
• Tibetans lose in China's river-source recovery project - TibetanReview
• Tibetan Open Letter to the Wife of Human Rights Attorney Gao Zhisheng - Epoch Times
• Pelosi Remarks Upon Presentation of Inaugural Lantos Human Rights Prize to the Dalai Lama - PRNewswire
• Dalai Lama earns first Lantos award - UPI
• Tibetan Woman Gets 15-Year Jail Term, Whereabouts of 13 Others Remain Unknown - Tibet Custom

• IOC congratulates itself for Beijing Olympics - AP
• Dalai Lama Honors Activists - Talk Radio News
• Dalai Lama reaches out to Chinese - AFP
• China dissidents top Nobel Peace Prize speculation - AP
• China: Media Summit Participants Should Push For Press Freedom - Human Rights Watch
• Central Tibetan Administration Against Any Mining Activities on the Tibetan Plateau - TibetNet

• Dalai Lama speaks to McGill & Montreal - McGill Daily
• For Dalai Lama, Some Rules are Meant to be Broken - blog.beliefnet
• China's Economic Leverage Over U.S. Growing - NPR
• Dalai Lama Shrugs Off Apparent Snub By Obama - Reuters
• Tibetan Youth Congress marks 40th founding anniversary - Phayul

• Thin Ice on the Horizon for Tibetans in Nepal - National Online Journal
• China's Political Feet of Clay - Far Eastern Economic Review
• India must redefine engagement with China - Times of India
• Why India Fears China - Newsweek
• Extend Tibet rail line to Kathmandu: Nepal to China - PTI
• WMS participants urged to question China on freedom of press in Tibet - Phayul
• The secret to happiness? The happiness of others - Ottawa Citizen
• Tibet & Xinjiang -- Demographic Colonialism at Play - Indian Journal of Social Enquiry
• Waiting For Mangtso II - Shadow Tibet
• China warns US Legislators on Tibet issue - Phayul
• Dalai Lama asks Obama to champion 'liberty' - AFP
• Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights - HRW
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Congratulates President Obama on Nobel Peace Prize - ICT
• Dalai Lama ends D.C. visit - Washington Times
• Dalai Lama Receives Rights Award - AP
• Tibet in History this Week - Tibetan Review
• BOOK REVIEW: When quantum physics meets Buddhism - Bangkok Post
• China sentences six to death over Xinjiang riots - AFP
• Updates on '2008 Tibet Protest: Two Tibetan Social Activists get 14 to 15 Years Jail Term - CTA
• Tibetan professionals urged to shoulder greater responsibility - Tibetan Review
• China reports major gold discovery in Qinghai - Tibetan Review
• His Holiness Underlines Infusing Compassion and Warm-heartedness into Education System - Tibet Custom
• RTYC Toronto hosts panel discussion to mark youth day - RTYC
• Dalai Lama wants to learn from Jews how they survived in Diaspora - Phayul
• Future face of the Dalai Lama - Sydney Morning Herald
• Havel criticizes Obama for postponing meeting with Dalai Lama - AP

• China, Germany build astronomical observatory in Tibet - China View
• Op-Ed: Nepal's Deteriorating Home, Defense and Foreign Policy - NewsBlaze
• Nepal Maoists accuse Indian envoy of spying on China - Times of India
• An Elite, if Eclectic, Entourage - Washington Post
• Letter to the Editor: China's stance on Tibet isn't uniform - Financial Times
• China Angered by Indian PM Visit to Disputed Border State - TNS
• India to deploy BrahMos in Ladakh to boost counter-strike capacity - Tibetan Review
• China ire over India border visit - BBC
• Obama pushing India into back seat - G2Bulletin/WMD
• Dalai Lama to inaugurate Tibetan Centre in Toronto in Oct'10 - Tibetan Review
• Dalai Lama returns from US, Canada tour - Thaindian News

• Book Announcement: China's Tibet?: Autonomy or Assimilation - Amazon.com
• Journey Into an Endangered World - MPBN News
• India warns China over campaign to claim disputed territory - The Telegraph
• Beware of the Chinese Dragon - SamayLive.Com
• Views: External Threat to Security in Nepal - Tibet
• India hits back, asks China to lay off PoK - Hindustan Times
• Open Debate on Five Questions on Tibet - TPPRC
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama returns to ceremonial welcome in Dharamsala - CTA
• Tibet sees record tourism despite restrictions - AFP

• No end to China's road building spree in Tibet - Tibetan Review
• Tibetan Buddhist monks to construct mandala sand painting Oct. 21-24 - Media-Newswire.com
• China: Xinjiang Trials Deny Justice - HRW
• China dam move under Indian scanner - Assam Tribune
• Bordering on Danger - WSJ
• MP raises Tibet in Commons debate following recent visit - politics.co.uk
• EU Official Visits Tibetan Community in Dharamsala - Tibetan
• Dalai Lama gives teachings for Taiwanese Buddhists - Phayul
• Dalai Lama's representatives meet in Dharamsala - Phayul

• Analysis: INDIA/CHINA: Hopes for Early Border Settlement Recede - IPS
• Xinjiang trials unjust: international rights group - Phayul
• Buddha Boy to fight for animal rights - Himalayan News Service
• Ngawang Phelgyal sworn in as new Chief Justice Commissioner - Phayul
• Ngawang Phelgyal sworn in as new Chief Justice Commissioner - Phayul
• Hu ignored in Vice-President's German visit? - Tibetan Review
• Rural Tibetans owe billions of yuan under forced resettlement - Tibet
• Like Gold that Fears no Fire: New Writing from Tibet - ICT
• The Dragon spews fire at the Elephant - Asia Times
• Letter: China, Tibet and Human Rights - New York Times
• PM in Upper Mustang - REPUBLICA
• Brahmaputra dams: Govt was alerted, didn't move - Indian Express
• After war of words, India seeks to douse the flames - DNA
• New collection of Tibet's banned writings out - Phayul
• Three Tibetans Arrested in Sogdzong County, eastern Tibet - Tibet Post
• Tibet: huge methane reservoir discovered under ice - Asia News
• Lhasa Fears Swine Flu - RFA
• Goverment underlines: Dalai Lama free to visit Arunachal - Indian Express

• Tibetan Buddhist monk Ricard to lead Royal Poinciana Chapel seminar - Palm Beach Daily
• OBITUARY: Venerable Chodak Gyatso Nubpa - CTA
• Meditation written in sand - Victoria Times Colonist
• Meeting the Dalai Lama in Poland - The Aquinian
• Tibetans in Dharamsala to Lead 'International Day of Climate Action' on 24 October - CTA
• China's locus standi on Arunachal? - Times of India
• India reaffirms Dalai Lama can visit disputed state - AFP
• British MP Raises Tibet in Parliament Debate Following Recent Visit - Tibet Custom
• China imposes new conditions for further "China-Tibet talks" - Tibet Post
• Struggle for Tibet will remain non-violent: Rinpoche - Times of India

• Book Release: I Imagine by Tsoltim Ngima Shakabpa - publishamerica.net
• China projects Kashmir as a separate country - Hindustan Times
• Tibetans Pay Tribute with 'Thank You Minnesota Day' - Phayul
• Helping orphans, Tibetan and Chinese alike - Christian Science Monitor
• Walker's World: China's new enemies - UPI
• Eight Tibetans arrested for defying Chinese government orders - Phayul
• Tibet: EU Lauds Dalai Lama's 'Middle Way' - UNPO
• Tibetan PM says India-China friendship vital for world peace - Phayul
• 3 monks sentenced up to 7 years' imprisonment in Kardze - Phayul
• Tibetan PM says India-China friendship vital for world peace - Phayul
• Tibetan PM speaks about Tibetan struggle and Gandhi's teachings - Tibet Post
• Tête-à-tête with Woeser - Khar Chen
• Havel, Still a Man of Morals and Mischief - New York Times
• China shows Kashmir as separate from India - Phayul
• China opens a new front in Kashmir - Asia Times
• Appearance of a Legal System in China Misleading, Says Commission - Epoch Times
• Prachanda's China trip not what it’s made out to be? - Times of India
• A political catch 22 - Phayul
• Foreign and Tibetan legal scholars discuss strategies for achieving Tibetan autonomy - Secret Tibet
• Congressional Executive Commission on China Releases Annual Report on State of Human Rights in China - CECC
• China opposes Dalai Lama visit to Arunachal - Phayul
• Ethnic Tibetans comprise 92% population in TAR - PTI
• Thoughts on Electing the Next Tibetan Leader - ICT

• Poem: Little Mouse and Big Cat - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks on science-based ethics and the Four Noble Truths - Tibet Post
• Report: The Dalai Lama's message to future teachers - Canadian Teachers' Federation
• UK urges China to meet with Dalai Lama - Religious Intelligence
• China: Detainees 'Disappeared' After Xinjiang Protests - HRW
• War Talk: Perceptual Gaps in "Chindia" Relations - Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
• Editorial: It's a dim sum game - Hindustan Times
• Why the Chinese are so upset about Tawang - Rediff.com
• PREVIEW - India, China leaders to meet amid war of words - Reuters
• "Tibetan" democracy - Phayul
• Bordering on Danger -- A Sino-Indian boundary dispute risks flaring up - Wall Street Journal

• Google map cedes Indian Himalayan state to China - The Telegraph
• India and China bristle over politics, purr over trade - Globe and Mail
• His Holiness to attend PeaceJam with fellow Nobel Peace Laureates - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to visit disputed Indian state on Nov 8 - AFP
• Obama aide denies retreat on China rights - Reuters
• China Executes Four Tibetans In Lhasa Over Spring 2008 Protest - TCHRD
• China sets three conditions for resumption of talks with Dalai Lama's envoys - Phayul
• Dalai Lama to Visit Indian Region Claimed by China - New York Times

• Tibetans protest after NZ Post covers up stamps - New Zealand Herald
• Senior Obama Advisor Defends President's Decision Not to Meet with His Holiness - Tibet Post
• Dissident Detained in Mongolia - RFA
• Op-Ed: Trading on Sino-Indian Tensions - truthout
• China, India Stoke 21st-Century Rivalry - Wall Street Journal
• The Bull In China's Shop - Tehelka Magazine
• A Rivalry on the Roof of the World - TIME
• Four Tibetans Executed in Lhasa - Tibet Society
• China executes Tibetan protesters - Guardian
• Tibetan protestors executed for Lhasa riot killings - Times Online
• Geo-Strategic Chessboard Pushing India Towards War With China - voltaire.net
• Tibetan Buddhist Child Monks of Tsechokling Monastery add artistic flavor to McLeod Ganj - Tibet Post
• China ranks low in media freedom - Tibetan Review
• Google placates India, China with different map versions - San Francisco Chronicle
• Tibetans' charity for flood victims - Times of India
• His Eminence Gyalwang Karmapa Joins Local Movement on International Day of Climate Action - CTA
• Day before PM-Wen meet, Rao says no curbs on Dalai - Times of India
• US Congressional Report Criticises China's Human Rights Record - Tibet Post
• Exiled Tibetans' Vigil Condemns China's Execution of Tibetan Prisoners - Tibet Post
• Group Says China Has Executed 4 for Roles in Tibet Riots - New York Times
• China syndrome -- China not serious about resolving, sabre-rattling - Organizer Weekly
• Superpower rivalry, Sino-Indian style - Guardian
• Challenging Obama's word - Japan Times
• China's 'new front' on Indo-Nepal border - Times of India
• Op-Ed: An ostrich before the Dragon's roar - Express Buzz
• The Indo-China Scenario -- Will They Ever Defuse Hostilities - Radiance Weekly
• Tibetan monks, nuns hold 12-hour hunger strike in Dharamshala - ANI
• India to China: Dalai Lama an 'honored guest' - AP

• Tibet Murder in the Snow has won the People's Choice Award for the 2009 Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival - Tibet Custom
• Norbulingka Institute publishes first half of HH the Dalai Lama biography - Tibet Post
• Guarding Nepal's Tibet border easier said than done - Tibetan Review
• China detains founder of Tibetan - Mongolian medical school - Phayul
• Comment: Making Ekalavya off the Dalai Lama - Vijay Kranti
• Op-Ed: Why is China scared - Deccan Chronicle
• Tibetans protest as Chinese FM arrives for meet - PTI
• Dalai Lama sees Tibet's future in education - CP
• Comment: Tibet ranks as one of history's sorriest stories - London Free Press
• Official confirmation of execution of Tibetans in Lhasa - ICT
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama offers prayers for Tibetans executed in Lhasa - CTA

• Chinese leader says fight against Tibetans remains 'very serious' - ANI
• China urges push for Tibet stability: state media - AFP
• Tibet's sunset, China's sunrise -- Part 2: From road and rail, to market and military - Global Post
• Tibet's sunset, China's sunrise -- Part 1: Dust of Lhasa swept under new construction - GlobalPost
• Beijing runs a diplomatic marathon - China Brief Volume
• Indian and Chinese Leaders Engaged in Reconciliatory Talks - Tibet Post
• Why India should rake up the Tibet issue - RediffNews
• Opinion: Dissing the Dalai Lama - Weekly Standard Blog
• Will India ask the Dalai Lama to postpone Tawang visit? - RediffNews
• Tibetans in Bangalore protest ahead of Chinese Minister's India visit - Sify
• 14 Tibetan college students arrested for protestiing Chinese FM's visit - Phayul
• China confirms execution of two Tibetans - Phayul
• Eight Nobel Peace Laureates Support His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Meaningful Autonomy for Tibet - CTA

• Ron Esposito's CD "Open Heart" Features Tibetan & Crystal Singing Bowls - PRWEB
• Harper to visit India, China for 1st time - CBC
• China's Real India Position: Dismantle Dharamsala - Chris Devonshire-Ellis
• India, China, Russia stress unity after talks - AFP
• Aruchanal Imbroglio: Why the Dalai Lama's visit is enraging China - Sahara Time
• Peace youth conference organised in honor of Dalai Lama - Track
• Centre clears Dalai Lamas visit to Arunachal Pradesh - littleabout.com
• Death Penalty: Alemanno, appeal to Government about the fate of Tibetans - ANSA
• Dalai Lama will be our state guest: Arunachal CM - Times of India
• Thank You Tibet! Campaign Statement by Nobel Peace Laureates - CTA

• Finally, Sikkim railway project on track - Times of India
• China no longer a law unto itself - Asia Times
• Insatiable dragon - DNA India
• Do not trust China, says young Tibetan scholars - Newstrack
• Rudd told to get tough on Tibet - The Australian
• San Francisco Bay Area Tibetans and supporters protest Chinese executions - Tibet Post
• EU denounces China's execution of two Tibetans - AFP
• Pressure China over Tibetan issue, urge Nobel laureates - Thaindian
• CTA's Response: II - CTA
• Rome Mayor Condemns Chinese Government over Death Penalty for Tibetans - CTA
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama Leaves for Japan Visit - CTA