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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/9684351/Briton-becomes-first-Western-Tibetan-Buddhist-monk-to-die-from-self-immolation.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/9684351/Briton-becomes-first-Western-Tibetan-Buddhist-monk-to-die-from-self-immolation.html

Hu Jintao's far-fetched economic plan for China is no good. A change in leadership will not change  much. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china-news/hu-jintaos-development-objectives-questioned-314128.html http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china-news/hu-jintaos-development-objectives-questioned-314128.html

 I also met former Tibetan prime minister the 5th Samdhong Rinpoche in Oct. 2001. He was almost the right-hand man of H. H. the Dalai Lama. One of his interviews follows: http://mountmadonnaschool.org/values/interview-with-the-5th-samdhong-rinpoche/