VOA News: Top Stories Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:47 -0400 http://www.voanews.com/ Up to the minute news from Voice of America Dalai Lama Thanks Obama for Taking Up Tibet With China བོད་སྐད། Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:47 +0200 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:47 -0400 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:47 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/tibetan/2009-11-21-voa1.cfm?rss=topstories Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday praised US President Barack Obama for taking up the issue of Tibet "very seriously" with Chinese leaders on his recent trip to China. "www.voanews.com/tibetan/2009-11-21-voa1.cfm?RSS=TopStories" Uncle Sam and the Wakening Dragon སྲིད་འཛིན་ཨོ་བྷ་མའི་རྒྱ་ནག་གི་འཚམས་འདྲི་གཟིགས་སྐོར། Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:10 +0200 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:10 -0400 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:38:10 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/tibetan/uncle-sam-and-the-wakening-dragon.cfm?rss=topstories Kunleng invites Tenzin Tethong and Tenzin Dampa, to discuss President Obama's China visit and the evolving relationship between the two nations. "www.voanews.com/tibetan/Uncle-Sam-and-the-Wakening-Dragon.cfm?RSS=TopStories" Dalai Lama Predicts His Death Will Be 'Setback' For Tibetan Cause བོད་སྐད། Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:24:59 +0200 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:24:59 -0400 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:24:59 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/tibetan/2009-11-19-voa1.cfm?rss=topstories Speaking to reporters in Rome while attending the World Parliamentarians Convention on Tibet, the 74-year-old Buddhist leader said that "there's no doubt" that his death will be a setback, but the Tibetan struggle is bigger than one generation. "www.voanews.com/tibetan/2009-11-19-voa1.cfm?RSS=TopStories" Tibetan Medium Education: Cultural Savior or Albatross བཙན་བྱོལ་བོད་མིའི་ཤེས་ཡོན་སྲིད་བྱུས། Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:02:32 +0200 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:02:32 -0400 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:02:32 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/tibetan/tibetan-medium-education-1.cfm?rss=topstories Kunleng invities Tenzin Sangpo, Education Director, TCV, and Namgyal Shastri, VOA reporter, to discuss the feasibility of the Basic Education Policy of TGIE at a time when all Tibetans exist in a bi-lingual world. "www.voanews.com/tibetan/Tibetan-Medium-Education-1.cfm?RSS=TopStories" US, China Talk Trade, Climate and Tibet བོད་སྐད། Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:18:07 +0200 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:18:07 -0400 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:18:07 +0200 http://www.voanews.com/tibetan/2009-11-17-voa1.cfm?rss=topstories In particular, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about Tibet, and urged China to hold talks with representatives of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as soon as possible. "www.voanews.com/tibetan/2009-11-17-voa1.cfm?RSS=TopStories"