Dalai Lama begins Russian visit
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The Dalai Lama arrives in southern Russia for a controversial trip to the region's Buddhist community.
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The Dalai Lama brought his message of peace to presidential offices across Central America this week, urging harmony in a world he says is in crisis because of war, fear and intolerance.
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Twelve women, homeless and struggling with sobriety, clung tearfully to each other in the presence of the world-famous monk. The Dalai Lama spoke warmly to each of them as he beamed and bowed his way around the room. He poked briefly at the metal stud adorning one woman's chin, an accessory which,...
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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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A senior German politician visiting India on an official trip has met exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in spite of New Delhi's deep reservations about such contacts, officials said.
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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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The 26-year-old, Oxford-educated king of the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan made his debut on the world stage on Wednesday with the start of an official visit to India, his country's giant neighbor.
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ARSHAN, Russia Thousands of Buddhists have made a pilgrimage to southern Russia to join prayers led by the Dalai Lama. It&#39;s the spiritual leader&#39;s first visit to Russia in a decade.
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Mexico's government will greet the Dalai Lama as a religious leader &#151; not as a politician &#151; a top official said Tuesday.
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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.
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Tibet's second-holiest monk, the Panchen  Lama, has visited Lhasa on a rare trip to the Himalayan region  by the living Buddha, whose selection in 1995 was marred by  controversy after the exiled Dalai Lama chose another boy.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel received the Dalai Lama in Berlin on Sunday, knowing full well that it would infuriate Beijing. The German press welcomes her firm stance on human rights issues and plays down any long-term damage to relations between Germany and China. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader spent an hour with the chancellor in what were described as private and informal talks. After the meeting Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said that she had assured the Dalai Lama of "her support in his efforts to maintain the cultural identity of Tibet and in his policy of non-violent striving toward religious and cultural autonomy." There have been concerns, particularly among German businesspeople with interests in China that Sunday's meeting could damage Berlin-Beijing relations. China's Foreign Ministry had called in Germany's ambassador to Beijing earlier this month to protest the impending visit and China cancelled a two-day meeting scheduled for this weekend on legal issues with German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries citing "technical reasons." The German press on Monday played down the risk of any long-term damage to relations with Beijing and praises the chancellor for her emphasis on human rights in her foreign policy.
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The Dalai Lama's special envoy has arrived in China for talks on the exiled spiritual leader's aspirations for Tibetan autonomy, the third such visit in three years, officials in Washington said on Tuesday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel held an historic meeting with the Dalai Lama on Sunday, her office said, despite strong pressure from China not to receive the Buddhist leader.
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LHASA -- The Dalai Lama may only return to his homeland if he renounces aspirations for Tibetan independence, and any talks can be held only with his personal representative, a senior Chinese official said yesterday. The tough words from Xiao Bai, deputy mayor of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, suggested that recent tentative, behind-the-scenes contacts between envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual ...
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Australian PM John Howard is due to meet the Dalai Lama in Sydney, amid fierce opposition from China.
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Envoys of Tibet's spiritual leader, the  Dalai Lama, have been allowed to pay a secretive visit to China  that analysts say could lead to progress in resolving his  decades-old exile.