Tibetan officials refute Dalai's "rule of terror" remarks

    BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- High-ranking Tibetan officials refuted Dalai Lama's "cultural genocide" and "terror rule" remarks on Sunday and said such arguments were a tale of a tub and "downright nonsense".

    Dalai cited the "rule of terror" and "cultural genocide" in its latest separatist remarks after the Lhasa riot, according to media reports. Full story

Foreigners suspended from entering Tibet for safety concerns

    LHASA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Following Friday's turmoil in Lhasa, the regional government of Tibet has suspended handling the application of foreigners to travel to Tibet for safety concerns, said a local official.

    "We also suggest foreign tourists now in Tibet to leave in the coming days," said Ju Jianhua, director with the region's foreign affairs office. Full story

Commentary: Stop the hand behind Lhasa terror

    BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The Nobel laurel was tainted, and the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal proved nothing but a fig leaf of the Dalai Lama when on Friday rioters, backed by the self-proclaimed peace preacher, turned the tranquil holy city of Lhasa into a land of terror.

    And the intention harbored behind the monk's claim of seeking "real or greater autonomy" of Tibet also proved hypocritical when hundreds of his followers yelled independence, attacked police, smashed windows, robbed shops, and set cars and a mosque ablaze. Full story

Armed police rescue 580 people from Lhasa riot

    LHASA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Armed police in Lhasa have rescued more than 580 people, including three Japanese tourists, from banks, supermarkets, schools and hospitals that were set alight by violent saboteurs, sources with the Tibet Autonomous Region government said on Saturday.

    More than 160 blazing spots, including forty major fires, were reported after an outbreak of violent activities that wracked the capital city of Tibet Friday. Full story