WTN for June 2009

• Schedule of Tibetan events - Wicked Local Mattapoisett
• 4 girls eye Miss Tibet crown - Phayul
• India Turns Away From Pakistan - Strategy Page
• China says 'no thanks' to G-2 - Asia Times
• China warns France about Dalai Lama visit - UPI
• Hope, but No Advances, in China-U.S. Climate Talks - New York Times
• A wounded Tibetan appealing to world media - Tibet Post
• China's Lawyers Face a Crackdown - WSJ
• The advance of universal justice - El Pais
• Launching The Endgame - Times of India
• Dalai Lama named honorary citizen of Warsaw - AFP
• Tibetans give an account of Chinese oppression - ANI
• China displaces tens and thousands of Tibetans in Tawu County - TCHRD
• Pelosi talks Tibet with top Chinese leaders - Phayul
• Autonomy Is Solution for Tibet, Dalai Lama Says - New York Times

• Four Tibetan girls to participate in Miss Tibet Peageant - PunjabNewsline.com
• Finding flavor in London’s Brick Lane - Indiana Daily Student
• Deputy speaker of Tibetan parliament-in-exile inaugurated 15th National Ambedkar Sahity Sammelan - PunjabNewsline.com
• Dalai Lama teaches, meets with parliamentarians - Phayul
• Dalai Lama says visit to Denmark was apolitical - AFP
• Hundreds cheer Dalai Lama as he leaves Denmark - AFP
• FACTBOX: China's leaders and protest movement in 1989 - Reuters
• Tibetan people express solidarity with and support for the Chinese Democracy Movement - Tibet
• Tibetan exiles plan solidarity campaign ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary - Phayul

• Tibetan photographic exhibition held in N Australia - Xinhua
• Galschiot expelled as revenge for Dalai Lama visit? - aidoh.dk
• Tibet: Human Suffering and Resistance - Phayul
• EXPOSED: Chinese Consulate Hoodwinks City of Melbourne on Eve of Tiananmen Massacre Anniversary - ATC
• Tibetans are no worse off than other Chinese - NRC International
• China: Dalai Lama meeting 'ruins' relationship - Copenhagen Post
• Don't receive Dalai Lama - AFP
• Hundreds of people pack Reykjavik Church to welcome His Holiness to Iceland - Office of Tibet, London

• Ambassador Zhang Jun on Tibet Issue - MFA China
• Dalai Lama's choice tells of misery - AFP
• Tibetans call for end to China’s military crackdown in Tibet - Northern Voices Online
• Europe Forgets Tiananmen - Wall Street Journal
• Two Monks disappeared after raid in Labrang Monastery - TCHRD
• China protests Dalai Lama's visit to Iceland - AP
• China furious about Dalai Lama’s visit - Expatica Netherlands
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama's first ever visit to Iceland concludes with a public talk - Office of Tibet, London
• China’s New Rebels - New York Times
• US speaker urges China to free political prisoners - AFP

• Tibet launches online broadcasting services in three languages - Xinhua
• Highway to Lhasa - Frank Tedesco
• The Tibetan yak herder who stole my heart. He hadn’t washed for three months, but I loved him. - The Times
• Dalai Lama visits the Netherlands - Expatica Netherlands
• Dalai Lama Paris trip reignites France-China tensions - AFP
• Chinese govt step up restrictions on Tibetan activities in Lhasa - PunjabNewsline.com
• China, a country of contradictions: Pelosi - Hindustan Times
• Tight Security, Calls for Accounting Mark China's 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen - VOA
• Dalai Lama honours Tiananmen dead - AFP
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Statement on the 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Students' Democracy Movement - His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Comic play: TITANIC II - Jamyang Norbu

• FILM REVIEW: Who’s the man with the master plan? - Taipei Times
• Ashutosh reaches Dalai Lama's headquarter - GlamSham
• Cordial relations between Nepal and China - Dirgha Raj Prasai
• China blames Tibetan monk's suicide on stress - Earth Times
• 20th Anniversary of Tinanmen Massacre observed in Tokyo - Tibet House, Japan
• Executive urged to lobby China - Belfast Newsletter
• And the tanks rolled down the Square... - Rediff.com
• A Questionable Exhibition of Tibet's Past and Present - NTDTV
• TIANANMEN 20 YEARS ON: Study slams China on democracy - Taipei Times
• Dalai Lama urges journalists to travel to Tibet - Copenhagen Post
• Dutch foreign minister meets Dalai Lama - PR-Inside.com
• Twenty years on: yes to tourists, no to journalists in Tiananmen Square - AsiaNews.it
• Dalai Lama Calls on China to "Embrace Egalitarian Principles" - DigitalJournal.com - Toronto
• EASTERN TIBETAN DANCE ENSEMBLE Postponed To 7/10 - Tibet
• Miss Tibet-2009 beauty pageant commences in Dharamsala - ANI
• Disunity threatens the Dalai Lama’s timeless authority - The Times
• Tibet film festival to showcase exile experience - Phayul
• Official acknowledgment of suicide of monk after protests due to ‘stress’ - ICT
• All-party MPs to visit Dalai Lama - The Australian
• A Long Journey to Document a Monk’s Long Journey - New York Times
• Report Says Valid Grievances at Root of Tibet Unrest - New York Times
• Dalai Lama in France to get Paris honour - AFP

• Tenzin Choezom crowned Miss Tibet - Sindh Today
• Israel's unsung female heroes - Haaretz - Israel News
• Midcoast group shows support for Tibet - BDN
• China condemns Dalai Lama Paris award - AFP
• Paris mayor gives Dalai Lama honorary citizenship - AP
• Dalai Lama made citizen of Paris - BBC News
• Monk suicides on the rise in Buddhist Tibet - TCHRD
• When a 'Chosen' Tibetan Lama Says No Thanks - The Times
• A Tibetan's View of June Fourth: Human Rights in China Interviews Rigzin - CRF
• Playing ball gives Tibetans a sense of nationhood - Times of India
• Monk in waiting - Indian Express
• Tibetan Broadcaster Wins David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award - RFA
• China Creates Specter of Dueling Dalai Lamas - New York Times
• Speaker Pelosi vows to work until freedom prevails in China and Tibet - TibetNet
• Dalai Lama meets with Chinese community in Paris - Phayul
• Dalai Lama hits out at China - AFP

• Tibetan Exiles Crown New Beauty Queen - VOA
• China defends Web-filtering software requirement - AP
• The Ohana Maitreya Fund Addresses Need for Educational and Housing Facilities for Tibetan Buddhist Nuns - ICT
• Students to hear Dalai Lama - Vancouver Sun
• In our view: Tibet merits reflection - Joplin Globe
• China warns honor for Dalai Lama will hurt ties - AP
• China denounces Parisian honour to Dalai Lama - Reuters
• Dalai Lama rejects Tibetan PM-in-exile's offer to quit - IANS

• Honor for Dalai Lama 'political stunt' - China Daily
• CANADA'S LITTLE TIBET HOLDS ON TO ITS IDENTITY - News Blaze
• Stop Aids Concert thrills thousands in Dharamsala - Phayul
• Tibetan soccer tournament concludes in Dharamsala - ANI
• Mine Dispute Largely Settled - RFA
• After IIM-A, Dalai Lama set to impart lessons at IIM Indore - Phayul
• MPs trip to Dalai Lama's home riles China - The Age

• Imprisoned Tibetan monk's story at Touched By Tibet film series - Georgia Straight
• French cars fail tests in China - BBC News
• China's rise has enormous implications for US: Campbell - PTI
• San Francisco Chronicle's editor by US Speaker Pelosi: Climate change game-changer for China relations - ISRIA
• The Dalai Lama visits IIM Indore - PaGaLGuY.com
• Dalai Lama addresses Indian management students - ANI
• Blaming entire Australia for racist attacks wrong: Dalai Lama - Times of India
• The Tibet Question: A Chinese Think Tank Dares to Ask - Huffington Post
• Impasse with China erodes Dalai Lama's patience - Christian Science Monitor
• Tibet film festival to be held Wednesday in SB - Santa Maria Times
• Meet sustainable yak farmer John Hooper - Examiner.com
• Tibetan medicine cures cancer - IANS
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama keeps his date with IIM Indore - MBAUniverse.com
• Dalai Lama fiasco: China's denial - Politicsweb
• US House approves Bill to establish US Consulate in Tibet - Phayul
• Sino-US ties pragmatic: Think tank - China Daily
• U.S. Official Seeds Red Over China's Growing - RTT News
• Six Tibetans arrested for symbolic Saka Dawa protest in Lhasa - Phayul
• Dalai Lama takes his case to Chinese émigrés although Beijing ignores his appeals, some Chinese are listening - Christian Science Monitor

• Tibet to launch scientific expedition to probe China's strongest quake - Xinhua
• Subverting Democracy - Epoch Times
• Religious studies saved from ax - Miami Herald
• Tibetan NGOs inform UN about appalling human rights situation in Tibet - TibetNet
• Lessons from the monks: Detach. Let go. Move on. - Savannah Morning News
• Tibetan spiritual leader visits Austin - Austin American-Statesman
• Buddhist Answers - Bhutan's Daily News

• Friend of Children retiring - again - Globe Gazette
• China bans Australian PM's speech due to human rights, Tibet comment - TibetanReview.net
• 'Naked' barley could mean Welsh cereal opportunities - Farmers Guardian
• Official defends foundation reshuffle - Taipei Times
• Tibetan Film Festival commemorates 50 Years in Exile - TibetNet

• The Guru Next Door: There’s a little bit of Buddha in everyone - newjerseynewsroom.com
• Dalai Lama: Tickets on sale Saturday for 'spiritual dream team' in Vancouver - Vancouver Sun
• 4 Sukhois at Tezpur to counter China buildup - Economic Times
• Financial crisis top issue in Chinese President's talks with SCO members - CCTV.com
• India committed to advancing bilateral cooperation with China: Manmohan Singh - Topnews
• Uighurs 'like Tibetans, but without a voice' - ABC Online
• China presumes power struggle in Tibetan PM’s resignation move - Phayul

• Preservationists set up tents to aid Tibetan antelopes in birth season - Xinhua
• Senior Tibetan lama to speak in Norwich - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
• Small Victories for China's Netizens But Are They Still Losing the War? - TIME
• Chinese Police Fire at Tibetan Protesters in Eastern Tibet - TibetBet
• DIIR participates in 'Global Convention on Climate Security' at Palampur - TibetNet
• Ethics & Values: The Dalai Lama is a nice nag - Tracy Press

• China, Russia sign five-point joint statement - Xinhua
• YOU ARE TIBETAN - Tsoltim N. Shakabpa
• ChthoniC speaks with the Dalai Lama - The Gauntlet
• China refuses MPs entry - DutchNews.nl
• China aims to stop Tibet desertification by 2010 - AFP
• China tries to cut information flow from Tibet - AFP

• "Tibet issue" a thorn in China-Europe ties - China Daily
• Secret Service Agents Arrested, Journalist's Home Raided - NIS News Bulletin
• Neighborhood Beats (June 18 - July 2) - Vancouver Voice (Washington)
• Ecology and economy cross swords at Shangri-La - CIOB International News
• Veiled threat or good neighbor? - People's Daily Online
• Clashes, Detentions in Tibet - RFA
• 2009 marks Dalai Lama's 50th year out of Tibet - Indiana Daily Student
• Rights groups highlight human rights situation in Tibet at UNHRC - TibetNet
• Tibet's Nobel Man - TIME

• Outrage at £310k Lottery money for pygmies - Sunday People
• This is My Nation - The Nation
• Absorb 'Tibetan Twilight' at museum's fund-raiser - Staten Island Advance
• “Free Tibet” billboard in Taipei - Li Jiehmei
• Tibetans-in-exile hold awareness campaign ahead of 2011 PM polls - ANI
• Amending charter for individual undemocratic, says Kalon Tripa - Phayul
• Tibetan NGOs raise awareness on Kalon Tripa's election in 2011 - TibetNet
• Tibetan Monks Tell Tale of Escape From China - New York Times
• Dalai Lama says favors democratic leadership - Reuters
• Fatima: antidote to the crisis, bailouts not the answer - Examiner.com
• Buddhist Traditions of Tibet and the Himalayas (NEH Seminar) - US-China Institute
• So happy to meet you! - Halifax Evening Courier
• British volunteer’s rape triggers fear among tourists - IANS
• No resolution in sight for Tibet: Pelosi - Zee News
• Tibetan Crackdown Continues 2009 - New Tang Dynasty Television
• Tibetan Women Film Wins Emmy - RFA
• Drought and desertification worsening in Tibet: Chinese state media - AFP/Xinhua
• Tibet drought worst in 30 years: Chinese state media - AFP

• More Tibetan villages to have broadband internet access - Xinhua
• 'Tibetan Portrait': All you need is love - Staten Island AWE
• Foreign journalists visit Lhasa - Xinhua
• Tibetan TV Dishes Pulled - RFA
• Kalon Tripa to attend religious ceremony at Mewar Institute of Management in UP - TibetNet
• Fernandes in Dharamsala to meet Dalai Lama - IANS
• Eminent Indian politician and friend of Tibet visits Dharamsala - TibetNet
• Tibetan exiles mull ways to break impasse with Chinese - IANS
• Exile Tibetans seek ways to break standoff with China - Phayul
• Dalai Lama wants to be the last 'Boy King' - The Independent
• Martin Mills: This surprising voice for democracy is now in a race against time - The Independent
• My job is too big for one man, says Dalai Lama - Andrew Buncombe
• Foreign journalists complete 4-day visit to Lhasa - Xinhua
• China's central government enjoys wide public support in Tibet: official - Xinhua
• SIFF sees Tibetan film scooping Jury Grand Prix - ANI
• Tibetans in Meldro Gongkar clash with miners, 3 injured - Phayul
• Beijing removes satellite TV to prevent Tibetans from listening to foreign programs - AsiaNews.it
• Protests over China's mining project in Tibet, 3 Tibetans seriously injured - TibetNet
• China jails Tibetan for three years over messages about unrest - Earthtimes
• First ever science exhibition by Tibetan monks held - Phayul
• Adapting to change: Dalai Lama suggests two people take his two roles - Examiner.com

• Snuffing the lamp of dharma - The Pioneer
• China accuses pro-democracy activist Liu Xiabo of inciting a rebellion - The Telegraph
• Chinese foreign minister reaches out to Canada - CP
• Friendlier China shows willingness to embrace Canada's new tone - Globe & Mail
• Tibetan guide put behind bars for 'smuggling' protests news - Phayul
• Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission sidelining Taiwan-Tibet Exchange Foundation? - TibetanReview.net
• Whereabouts of Tibetan monk arrested last year remain unknown - AsiaNews
• Live web cast of teaching by His Holiness the Dalai Lama - TibetNet
• Foreign reporters allowed scripted trip to Tibet - AP
• TIBETANS AND SUPPORTERS DEMAND HUNTER DICKINSON TO PULL OUT MINING OPERATION IN TIBET - SFT

• China's Other Genocide: the 'Mother of the Uyghurs' Speaks Out - AlterNet
• Teacher at Tibet University invents three-language keyboard - People's Daily
• Tibetans demand hunter Dickinson to pull out mining operation in Tibet - Northern Voices Online
• Tibetans, Supporters Mar Continental Minerals shareholders' meeting - Mineweb
• 'Die-in' to protest Canadian mine in Tibet - CTVBC.CA
• Visiting MPs from Nepal pledge support for Tibet - Phayul
• Special rights for Tibetan refugees in Nepal - ANI
• Dalai Lamas special teaching session on Buddhism - ANI
• Sandra Bauer joins WTN Team - WTN

• Body Language - WSJ
• Devotion to Tibetan god-king vies with loyalty to heirs of Chairman Mao - The Times
• Tibetans will never recognize Dalai Lamas appointed in Beijing: Tibetan public figure - Interfax
• Spain curbs global reach of its courts - AP
• Tibetan protesters arrested in Nepal - AFP
• China snubs climate minister after Lama meeting - RC News
• Gwynne Dyer: The mortality of the Dalai Lama - straight.com
• China's internet censors Dammed if you do - The Economist
• Interview with Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister (Central Tibetan Administration) - sify.com
• Nepal fails to erase Dalai Lama from Tibetan hearts - TNN
• Tibetans Celebrate His Eminence Gyalwang Karmapa's 25th birthday - TibetNet
• Obituary: Gyatsho Tshering, Eminent Scholar of Tibetan Studies - Bhuchung K. Tsering
• Tibetan exiles ask China to "Stop Torture in Tibet" - Phayul
• Chinese government made requests to curb demonstration by Tibetan - reviewnepal.com
• 'Green Lama' a step in march for civil rights) - Scripps Howard News Service
• [Letters] China's lagging human rights - Joong Ang Daily
• Journey of discovery - thestar.com.my
• Freedom march stalls: Lynching of liberty - Chronicle Herald

• Supermarkets spread news as China advances on English language broadcasts - Times Online
• Sony Shipping PCs With Green Dam Software - ChannelWeb
• Tibetan Monks and Nuns Turn Their Minds Toward Science - New York Times
• The fate of Sertha monk remains unknown year after arrest - TCHRD