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Tibetan Student Dies After Setting Himself Alight In India
A Tibetan student who self-immolated in an act of protest against Chinese rule in the Himalayan region has died in an...
Bieber Not Welcome Thanks To ‘bad Behaviour’
Justin Bieber is not welcome to perform in China because of his "bad behaviour", Beijing authorities have said, after...
China Pressures Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit
China piled pressure on Botswana on Saturday over a scheduled visit to the southern African country by the Dalai Lama,...
Botswana Risks China Ties With Visit From Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama will visit Botswana next month and meet with President Ian Khama, Botswana officials confirmed, in a...
India Holds Naval Exercises With US, Japan
India began holding naval exercises with the United States and Japan off its south coast on Monday, seeking to forge...
UNESCO Declares China’s Hoh Xil Nature Reserve A Heritage Site
UNESCO on Friday declared the Hoh Xil nature reserve in China's Qinghai Province a natural heritage site in a...
With Demolitions, China Squeezes Buddhist Academy
The hills around revered Tibetan Buddhist academy Larung Gar were once a seamless carpet of vibrant red, dominated by...
Wreckage of Missing Indian Chopper Found
The wreckage of an Indian Air Force chopper which went missing a day ago near the country's border with China has been...
Indian Troop Withdrawal ‘precondition’ For Peace
China's ambassador has said the withdrawal of Indian troops from disputed territory is a "precondition" for peace, in...
Bhutan Protests To China Over Border Road Dispute
Bhutan has protested to China over the construction of a road in disputed territory that has already heightened...
China Lowers Number of Missing In Landslide To 73
The number of people missing from a huge landslide that buried a mountain village in southwest China last weekend has...
China Lodges Protest Over Indian Border Incursion Claim
China has made a formal protest after accusing Indian border guards of crossing from Sikkim state into its Tibetan...
Hundreds of Climbers Reach Everest Peak In May
Nearly 450 climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepal side in May, officials said Monday, but poor...
China To Bar Foreign Climbers From Everest’s Tibet Side
China will bar foreigners from climbing the Tibetan side of Mount Everest during the coming autumn season after a...
Bodies of Indian Climbers Who Died On Everest Recovered
Rescuers have retrieved the body of an Indian climber who died on Mount Everest and airlifted it to Kathmandu on...
Spanish Record Climber Tops Everest Twice In A Week
Spanish mountaineer Kilian Jornet has reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in a week, his team said...
India Opens Its Longest Bridge
India has inaugurated a 9.15km (5.68-mile) bridge over the Lohit river, easily its longest ever, which connects the...
Nepal Lets Everest Permit Dodger Off $22,000 Fine
Nepal said Friday a South African who tried to climb Mount Everest without a permit can go home without paying a...
Everest Rescuers Retrieve Bodies of Two Indian Climbers
Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest last year but whose remains could...