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A news wrap-up concerning Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, Tibet, India, etc.

India's top court favors death by hanging
India's top court has refused to replace hanging with lethal injection as the country's sole method of execution, saying there is no evidence it is less painful than other ways. (July 7)

China's latest Tibet?
There are sinister echos of China's treatment of Tibet in their response to the unrest in the capital of its northwestern region of Xinjiang. (July 6)

The obscenity of Tibet tourism
The equation is simple, visiting Tibet as a tourist does not in any meaningful way benefit the Tibetan people. (July 5)

HHDL interviewed: Companies need hearts and brains
Buddhism, economics and management are all interconnected; the Dalai Lama believes the financial crisis is a moral crisis. (July 4)

Tibetan monks and nuns turn their minds toward science
At the Dalai Lama's urging, exiled monastics seek more physical knowledge. (June 30)

Karmapa appeals for wildlife preservation
"Animals are not our enemies. We are all interdependent; every animal has a role to play in the ecology. If you remove one layer, everything is affected. Even in the interest of human beings, by saving wildlife, you are ultimately helping yourself." (June 29)

Journey of Discovery
A group of adventurous volunteers in Tibet took the route less travelled, and was greatly enriched by the experience. (June 28)

Obituary: Gyatsho Tshering, eminent scholar of Tibetan studies
His work enabled the spread of Tibetan dharma texts worldwide. (June 28)

Buddhist bedside manner
At New York's Beth Israel Medical Center, Buddhist chaplains offer prayers, meditation, massage and other assistance to the sick. 'We focus on listening,' one says. (June 23)

HHDL: My job is too big for one man
In a speech that underscored the pressures he has had to bear during his life serving as both a spiritual and political leader, the Dalai Lama says there is no need for his successor to perform the two roles. (June 22)

Tibetan monks tell tale of escape from China
The monks left a monastery after participating in a protest in front of journalists in 2008. (June 21)

Quitting the Chinese Communist Party
Here are two stories about how eagerly some Chinese are seeking ways to break away from the CCP. (June 20)

Burma's Suu Kyi turns 64 amid outrage over trial
Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 64th birthday in detention as supporters worldwide condemned her trial and called for tougher sanctions against the military regime. (June 19)

India, Pakistan start talks ball rolling
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh broke the dialogue logjam, meeting President Asif Ali Zardari in Russia. Their talk topic: terrorism. (June 16)

China presumes power struggle in Tibetan PM's resignation move
China has interpreted the recent move by the prime minister of the Tibet's government in exile to resign from the top post as an indication of "troubles within the Dalai Lama's circle." (June 15)

The Tibet question: a Chinese think-tank dares to ask
A group of legal scholars from a Chinese think tank have put their careers and reputations on the line by daring to try to shed some reasoned light on the "Tibet question" and the causes of last year's unrest in the region. (June 13)

China Communist Party newspaper to expand coverage
The ruling Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, the People's Daily, is expanding its coverage as part of a reported multi-billion-dollar drive to expand China's international media influence. (June 12)

China creates specter of dueling Dalai Lamas
The current Dalai Lama and his followers are competing with the Chinese government for control of how the 15th Dalai Lama will be chosen. (June 9)

Monk suicides on the rise in Buddhist Tibet
This pattern is alarming and clearly indicating to the level of religious repression in Tibet. (June 8)

Alarm over China's web-filtering plan
Personal computers sold in China after July 1 must carry a software that filters online content. (June 6)

HHDL's statement on 20th anniversary of Tiananimen Square uprising
A call for courage and far-sightedness on behalf of the Chinese leaders. (June 4)

New images of burning of wild animal pelts in dramatic act of dissent
Images received from Tibet depict thousands of dollars worth of wild animal pelts being burned in a dramatic assertion of Tibetan identity at the height of the current crackdown on dissent. (June 1)

Autonomy is solution for Tibet, Dalai Lama says
The influx of Han Chinese and the growing restrictions on religious practice have become the biggest threats to Tibet, which faces "something like a death sentence" under Chinese rule, said His Holiness. (May 30)

Launching the endgame
After decades of patient manoeuvring, China has initiated the "endgame" to finally resolve the Tibet issue and eliminate opposition by a Dalai Lama to its hold over Tibet. A Times of India editorial. (May 28)

BBC to help sell China's Lhasa for tourism
The BBC is to make a short film and broadcast it free to help China promote tourism to Tibet's capital Lhasa. (May 25)

Six Tibetans seriously wounded in protests
At least six Tibetan women have sustained serious gunshot wounds after Chinese security forces opened fire at a group who were protesting against China's forceful relocation of tens of thousands of local Tibetans. (May 24)

The Karmapa interviewed
Ogyen Trinley Dorje hopes to get a university education, but will the government allow it? (May 23)

HHDL pins hopes on exiled Chinese
Years of fruitless negotiations with Beijing and the undying hope of returning to Tibet one day appear to have prompted the Dalai Lama to change his strategy (May 20)

Peace laureates publish declaration against nuclear weapons
Seventeen winners of the Nobel Peace Prize are calling for a world free of nuclear weapons in a joint declaration that was published in a Hiroshima newspaper. (May 19)

Veteran Communist Nepal wins Nepal's PM seat
The protracted and tricky race for a new prime minister in Nepal came to a virtual end with veteran communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal getting the backing of 22 of the 24 parliamentary parties. (May 17)

HHDL: Himalayan communities better placed to preserve Buddhism
His Holiness said Buddhist nuns from Himalayan regions have an important responsibility in preserving Tibetan Buddhist traditions, which he said are facing an uncertain future in their homeland. (May 16)

China's future leaders
China has its leaders planned far, far off into the future. A Forbes report. (May 15)

Rural Tibetans Are Being Forced to Relocate on Massive Scale
Recalling the socialist engineering of an earlier era, the Chinese government has so far relocated some 250,000 Tibetans -- nearly one-tenth of the population -- from scattered rural hamlets to new "socialist villages." (May 7)

HHDL Says He May Live Out His Days in Exile in India
In a Taiwanese magazine interview, His Holiness, calling himself "semi-retired" from Tibet government affairs, says he may never see his homeland again. (May 6)

MySpace "China Style": Report Thy Neighbor
MySpace has launched in China, the world's most populous nation, but this is definitely NOT the MySpace you're used to. (April 28)

On the Road: the Little Lama Who Loves Being Nemo
He's four years old, and his arrival in Singapore from Nepal brought more than 500 people to the airport to greet him. (April 7)

Tibetan Catholics Defy Atheist China on Faith
A small group of villagers, converted by Swiss missionaries generations ago, hangs on in Yunan province. (April 3)

New Delhi Court to Drivers: "Butts Out"
The city's High Court imposes a "first on the world" ban on smoking while driving, claiming it makes the already dangerous city streets more so. (March 28)

China Firm on Tibet, Taiwan Issues, Premier Says
Rejecting talks with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and warning the island against a break-away, Premier Wen Jiabao talks tough. (March 18)

Look Who's Praising Hu . . .
The Dalai Lama sought to bridge a very difficult emotional gap for Tibetans when he praised Chinese President Hu Jintao on the anniversary of Uprising Day. (March 11)

China Says: "We are Tibet's Real Buddha"
The People's Party has a pretty high impression of itself regarding its role in the lives of the Tibetan people. (March 5)

Much at Stake for Tibet at Remote Monastery
The monastery, located in Tibet, is in what was one of His Holiness' favorite spots. It is no secret to the Chinese that one day it may play a pivotal role in determining his successor. (March 4)