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Dalai Lama wins $1.7 million Templeton Prize

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From the Vancouver Sun: http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/03/29/dalai-lama-wins-1-7-million-templeton-prize/

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Canada Secretly Saw Tibet as “Qualified for Recognition as an Independent State” in ’50s

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Declassified documents from 1950 through the 1960s show that Canada considered Tibet to be “qualified for recognition as an independent state.” These documents also show how the Canadian government’s concern over the outcome of United Nations votes led Canada to publicly avoid the question of Tibet’s political status in favor of human rights. But while... Read more »

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On Fire for Tibet (CBC Day Six)

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CBC’s “Day Six” radio newsmagazine will be covering Tibetan self-immolations on its March 31, 2012 show tomorrow. For those who don’t know, there have been a great number of Tibetan self-immolations in Tibet and in Tibetan areas of China in the past year, in protest against the Chinese occupation. For this segment, they have interviewed... Read more »

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HH Dalai Lama Ottawa 2012 website / tickets

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a public talk in Ottawa on April 28, 2012. The topic is “Ethics for a Whole World.” The website, where one can buy tickets online and view related material, is now up on the Canada Tibet Committee’s site: http://www.tibet.ca/2012/

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Vancouver/Victoria – Rock for Tibet

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A series of benefit concerts for the Tibetan Resettlement Project. Sunrise and Good People starts the tour off in BC on March 28th at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver and on March 31st at the Felicita’s Pub in Victoria. Vancouver – Rock for Tibet Date: Wednesday, March 28th Time: Doors open at 8:00 PM Location:... Read more »

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