1.   The Tibetan groups that have campaigned against the World Bank project say that it will help Beijing dilute Tibetan culture.

2.   China has arrested an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, linking him to bomb attacks in the southwestern province of Sichuan, a Tibetan monitoring group said Monday.

3.   Nineteen organizations, including human rights and Tibetan groups, are still waiting for a U.N. committee to decide whether they will be permitted to attend.

4.   The United States and several European nations failed to convince China the Tibetan groups should be allowed to make representations at the conference after several days of informal discussions.

5.   Tibetan groups have said they will protest in Moscow in July, when the IOC makes its final choice.

6.   Two Tibetan groups also protested outside the Prince of Wales Museum, which Zhu visited in the morning.

7.   Gendun Choyki Nyima and his parents have been detained by the Chinese authorities since July, according to Tibetan groups.

8.   Human rights delegations, Tibetan groups and lesbian militants said they had been especially singled out.

9.   But Tibetan groups protest that Beijing has not allowed any outside monitor to visit the boy.

10.   China meanwhile objected to the presence of a Tibetan group at the conference, which was also under negotiation.