Dharamshala: Years of negotiations with the Chinese government have achieved little for the Tibetan people, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said on Friday (7 May), though he insisted that talks still needed to press ahead and that the Chinese leadership could - eventually - soften its stand on Tibet.

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is set to tour the US between 12 and 23 May. According to the private office of His Holiness, the Tibetan leader will give teachings and public talks at various places and is also scheduled to attend social functions.

Dharamshala: Over one thousand people, primarily children, gathered at the TCV School in Dharamshala yesterday to witness their spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, honor and commend Richard Moore, whom HH described as "a living example of peace" and "my hero". Moore, a 48 year-old Irishman, was blinded at the age of 10 by a rubber bullet fired by a British soldier. Remarkably, Moore was accompanied yesterday by Charles - the British soldier who shot him.