"None of the monasteries in Lhasa are open ... it's hard to say when they will reopen. This issue is beyond our powers," an official with the Lhasa Tourism Administration, who declined to be named, said by phone.
In related news, about a dozen pro-Tibet protesters jumped the walls of a building housing the offices of the UN in Nepal yesterday, seeking UN intervention in Tibet.
Tibetans living in Nepal have been protesting almost every day since the trouble began in Lhasa and hundreds, including nuns and monks, were detained to break up their march to the UN offices.
On Friday, about a dozen Tibetan students carrying placards quietly scaled the walls of the UN complex and began protesting.
"They are sitting inside with their placards," a witness said from inside the compound in an upmarket area of Kathmandu.
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