Contents

• Gyalwa Karmapa granted refugee status
• Tibetan flag flies at the South Pole
• Anniversary of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize
• Shoton 2001
• Tibetans celebrate 50 years of benevolent rule

Tibet News:

• Lhasa adulterated - personal perspectives of exiled Tibetans
• Another Tibetan dies in Chinese jail
• Railway into Tibet
• Tibetan nominated for Grammy Awards
• Touting Tibet
• Language as a tool of suppression
• Tibetan children detained and tortured
• Enforcing loyalty: a report
• Tsurphu remains tense - an update on the anniversary of Karmapa's flight from Tibet

Focus:

• A life and a death struggle -Extract from a report released by DIIR, CTA
• A struggle of a nation -His Holiness' meeting with the press on December 4, 2000

Opinion:

• A pilgrims progress - by Vijay Kranti
• China comes calling - by Claude Arpi

Personalities:

• Playing for peace - Nawang Khechog
• A Tibetan in Mumbai - Tenzin Tsundue

Obituary:

• Tsering Wangyal- by Mr.Thubten Samphel
• Hugh Edward Richardson- by Ed Douglas

International News:

• e-tibet has arrived
• Workhop on human rights and democracy held in Delhi
• Bush Administration vows support for Tibet
• New Zealand's police condemned over the handling of protesters
• Julia Taft hopes to continue to work for Tibet
• Nobel laureate supports His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Tibetans rally to support their host nation
• India urged to talk to China on Tibet
• 'You are not in Canada!'
• Excerpt from the BP Shareholders' Resolution

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