Headlines: 1. His Holiness the Dalai Lama Meets with Participants of the Annual Nuns' Winter Debate and Geshema graduation ceremony 2. Long Life prayer offered to His Holiness by major Tibetan cultural Institutions in Exile 3. 5 member US Congressional Delegation meets with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsala 4. 16 Dead After Magnitude 7 Earthquake Hits Nagqu County in Southwestern Tibet 5. Former Tibetan Abbot Sentenced to Five Years in prison for performing longevity prayers for his holiness the dalai lama 6. Three More Tibetan Schools Shut Down in Golog in occupied Tibet, Raising Concerns Over Tibetan-Language Education 7. Sikyong Penpa Tsering Meets German Legislators and KAS Leadership in Berlin 8. Home Minister congratulates new liaison officer, the representative of the the ministry of external affairs to Dharamshala. 9. Tibetan Children’s village condemns Chinas new Ethnic Unity Law during the 66th founding anniversary celebrations 10. 17th Kashag appoints 2 news representatives to offices of Tibet in Australia and Taiwan 11. Kashag expresses deep concern over the petrol bomb attack on the Office of Tibet in South Africa