A group of senior U.S. senators urged President George W. Bush on Friday to visit Tibet when he travels to China in August to attend the Beijing Olympics.

Several US senators asked President George W. Bush on Friday to visit Tibet when he travels to China for the Olympics to back Washington's push for human rights in the Himalayan territory.

Does Tibet have a right to self-determination under international law? There are strong legal grounds to show that it does and that this right is being denied by China.

A date will be set soon for a seventh round of formal talks between the Dalai Lama's envoys and China on Tibet, an envoy of the spiritual leader said Thursday, noting the Tibetans attached "utmost importance" to the discussions.

China, touchy about criticism from the West over its Tibet crackdown and policies, is now facing similar comments from Japan.

The Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials disagreed more than they agreed at weekend talks on how to move beyond the unrest in Tibet, one of the Tibetan spiritual leader's representatives said Thursday

China's president faced hundreds of protesters and sharp criticism of his Tibet policy outside an elite Tokyo university Thursday, signaling the tensions underlining a visit meant to showcase warm Japan-China ties.