Russia agrees to Dalai Lama visit despite certain anger from China
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Russia will allow Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to visit a southern Buddhist Russian region for the first time, the foreign ministry said in a move certain to anger China.
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Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims gathered at a temple in southern Russia Tuesday to join prayers led by the Dalai Lama, who has been allowed in the country for the first time in more than 12 years.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel angers China with a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama in Berlin.
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ELISTA, Nov. 29. - The Dalai Lama, smiling modestly at his admirers, began his first visit to Russiaâs Buddhists today after Moscow abruptly reversed its refusal to grant the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader entry.
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Elista, the capital of south Russian Buddhist region of Kalmykia, on his first trip to Russia, which Moscow terms as a &#39;pastoral visit&#39;.
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The Dalai Lama on Sunday wrapped up a private 11-day visit to Italy during which he met fellow Nobel peace prize laureates and appealed for continued support for Tibet's bid for autonomy.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard was due to meet the Dalai Lama later Friday in defiance of warnings from China that relations between the two countries could be damaged.
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The Dalai Lama on Monday told more than 1,000 people at the National Cathedral he doesn't believe differences between fundamentalist Islam and the religions of the West are the cause of war and modern violence.
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The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, went ahead with an informal meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama yesterday, despite China cancelling a meeting between a German minister and Chinese officials in an apparent expression of disapproval.
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The Dalai Lama said Thursday that China is taking an increasingly harsh stance on Tibet and he appealed for international help during a visit to Rome.
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A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tuesday described Russia&#39;s allowing the Dalai Lama to visit the country as something &quot;incomprehensible,&quot; and hoped Russia would strictly follow
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President George W. Bush next month will attend a ceremony to award the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama, an event likely to annoy China which views Tibet's exiled spiritual leader as a separatist.
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The Dalai Lama&#39;s special envoy has arrived in China for talks on the exiled spiritual leader&#39;s aspirations for Tibetan autonomy, the third such visit in three years, officials in Washington said on Tuesday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard agreed Tuesday to meet the Dalai Lama after opponents charged he was afraid of offending China, drawing an immediate rebuke from Beijing.
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The Foreign Ministry has decided to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, reversing course after refusing earlier requests amid China's objections to allowing the spiritual leader to visit Russia, a spokesman said Friday.
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Russia says it is granting a visa to the Tibetan exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, despite pressure from China.
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Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims trekked to a temple in the southern republic of Kalmykia on Tuesday for prayers led by the Dalai Lama during his first visit to Russia in a decade.