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FROM THE NEWS DESK:
THE SHOT SEEN AROUND THE WORLD
On September 30th, 2006, a Romanian mountaineer filmed a group of Tibetans being fired on by a Chinese patrol as they trudged
up a high mountain pass towards the Nepalese border. Eyewitness reports say that a 17-year-old Tibetan nun, Kelsang Namtso,
was shot dead and at least one other Tibetan may have been killed. The incident took place on the Nangpa Pass, a few miles
from Mount Everest, a commonly used route by Tibetans fleeing into exile. A number of international mountaineers say they
saw Chinese military personnel kneel down, take aim and open fire on the Tibetans, some of whom were children as young as
seven or eight.
We talk with KATE SAUNDERS, Communications Director for the International Campaign For Tibet, and TENZING CHONDEN, the North
American Representative to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, to find out the latest developments in this story, and to explore
why thousands of Tibetans risk life and limb to leave their homeland every year.
View SFT's Reenactment of the Nangpa La shooting
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AN EXCLUSIVE TIBET CONNECTION INTERVIEW WITH:
HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA
This interview was conducted at the California Women's Conference in Long Beach between visits to His Holiness' suite by Governor
Schwarzanegger, the Duchess of York, and Dave Cosby! During the interview, the Dalai Lama had this to say about The Tibet
Connection. "Such a program is very, very useful....I very much appreciate all the people who organize and carry out this
work."
ONE HEARTBEAT AT A TIME
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We speak with ARLENE SAMEN, the Founding Director of One H.E.A.R.T (Health, Education & Research in Tibet) who trains birth
attendants in rural communities on the Tibetan plateau. Tibet has one of the highest newborn and infant mortality rates in
the world, and Tibetan women are three hundred times more likely to die in childbirth than women in developed countries. Arlene
talks about her work, her love of Tibet and its people, and the dramatic life-changing events that keep her coming back.
THE POETRY & POLITICS OF TIBETAN MUSIC
Tibetan musician and vocalist TECHUNG takes us on a journey through Tibetan music, from traditional ballads and the gregarious
“beer drinking songs”to contemporary freedom songs born from occupation. Techung was born in exile in India and
trained from an early age with the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts. In 1989, after emigrating to the U.S., he co-founded
the San Francisco-based Chaksampa Tibetan Dance and Opera Company. Whether performing in traditional or contemporary styles,
Techung's dual goals are to revive Tibetan music in the Tibetan community and to expose the rich performing cultural tradition
of his homeland to the world community.
A FEW WORDS FROM HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
on China & Tibetan human rights...
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