Baden-Baden, Germany  - The Dalai Lama warned in Germany Tuesday that Tibetan culture was in peril under Chinese rule.

"When narrow-minded Chinese officials portray Tibetan beliefs and our cultural heritage as a threat, the Tibetan people hear a death sentence," he said as he received an award from a German audience research company, Media Control, in the city of Baden-Baden.

The spiritual leader in exile, 73, insisted Tibetans were not trying to break away from China.

"We are not a threat, but an asset to China," he said at a ceremony attended by 600 German business and media celebrities.

London, Feb. 10 :A Twitter account purporting to be written by the Dalai Lama has been suspended after being exposed as a fake.

The feed attracted nearly 20,000 followers within 48 hours after launching under the Tibetan spiritual leader''s name on Saturday.

According to The Telegraph, it claimed to be administered by the "The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama", and directed most inquiries from other Twitterers to the exiled monk''s official website.

Davos, Switzerland - Swiss police forced a Davos shop owner to remove a flag of Tibet from the window of her store, but she managed to keep writings of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan prayer books in the window, the shopkeeper told Swiss radio DRS Thursday.

Chennai, Jan 22: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has reiterated the demand for Tibet's autonomy.

The Dalai Lama, who is on a two-day visit to Chennai delivered, a talk on ''Peace and Happiness'' at the Madras University Centenary Auditorium on Wednesday.

Later taking to reporters, he said he was not seeking Tibet''s separation from China, but demanding a "Middle Way Approach."

Chennai, Jan 20 : Tibetan exiles in Chennai accord a warm welcome today to their revered spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who is visiting the city to deliver discourse on peace and spirituality.

There was a riot of colours outside the airport as young men and women carrying Tibetan flags and dressed in traditional attire waited eagerly to welcome their spiritual leader.

Speaking to the media outside the airport, the Dalai Lama said, he had come to Chennai on a cultural and spiritual mission.

"The basic purpose of this visit is culture, spirituality, not politics," he added.

Varanasi, Jan. 14 : Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said that a moral crisis in the world is to blame for the global economic woes.

Selfishness and a lack of spirituality and culture in the world were key causes for the current crisis in the world''s financial markets, he told Buddhist students in Varanasi.

The 73-year-old Nobel peace prize winner said people had forgotten how their own fortunes and those of others were connected.