All news on the topic: Tibet

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Two workers found alive in Nepal tunnel nine days after devastating flash floods
Two workers have been found alive in a tunnel nine days after Nepal was hit with devastating flash floods.
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Nepal flood disaster kills more than 900 as thousands remain missing after glacier collapse
Nepal’s rescue teams worked overnight to reach hundreds of people believed to be stuck inside blocked hydropower project tunnels in the aftermath of last week’s flood that carved a trail of destruction in the country’s valley towns
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Brits missing in Nepal as fears grow of second flash flood following massive wave which killed at least 469 people
Brits missing in Nepal have been pictured for the first time - as officials warn a second wave of deadly flash floods could hit the nation today following a glacier collapse on Wednesday which has left at least 469 people dead.
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Nepal flood death toll hits 359 as 33 Britons remain missing after catastrophic flash floods
The Nepal flood death toll has risen to 359 as the search continues for dozens of missing Britons.
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"Like a bomb": Himalayan glacier collapse triggers deadly Nepal floods as hundreds of tourists remain missing
More than 300 tourists, including 33 Britons and 54 Americans, are missing after devastating flash floods wiped out buildings and bridges along the Nepal-Tibet border.
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Twelve Britons, including 13-year-old girl, feared missing after deadly Nepal flash floods
Twelve UK citizens, including a 13-year-old girl, are feared missing following a flash flood in Nepal.
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China’s "language purge": Tibetan children forced to abandon their mother tongue in state preschools
Weeks after a Tibetan-speaking five-year-old started preschool, she had "completely stopped speaking Tibetan", according to her mother.
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Dalai Lama celebrates 90th birthday in Dharamshala with Richard Gere and thousands of followers
Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists streamed into India’s Himalayan town of Dharamshala on Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama.
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Heart-stopping moment tourists sprint to escape avalanche rolling towards them
Footage recorded in the city of Nyingchi, Tibet, showed tourists sprinting to escape the hurtling boulder of snow that was careening down the mountain on March 8
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American killed after avalanche hits Tibetan mountain and fellow climber missing
American traveller Anna Gutu, 32, and her guide, Mingmar Sherpa from Nepal, were reported missing. The pair were were later confirmed dead
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Corpse found under guest’s bed who thought he had smelly feet at Tibet hotel
Mr Zhang posted a review of the Guzang Shuhua Inn online, which later went viral on social media and the hotel responded to the post, denying the incident altogether
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Dalai Lama apologises for asking little boy to 'suck my tongue' in viral video
The strange video shows the most senior spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism asking a boy to "suck my tongue" during an event in northern India's hillside city of Dharamshala back in February
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Tibet avalanche - Death toll hits 28 after snow buries drivers alive
Chinese state media reported late on Friday that rescue workers had been digging by hand when they uncovered eight more bodies which bought the search to an end in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region
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Devastating avalanche strikes motorway with 20 dead and 8 buried alive in snow
The majority of the victims of the crushing avalanche were Tibetans heading back to their mountain homes ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations in China, which are set to begin on Sunday