Merkel to meet Dalai Lama amid tension with China
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to hold a historic meeting with the Dalai Lama on Sunday that has raised tensions with China and led Beijing to cancel at least one official event.
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China sent a warning to Japan not to issue a visa to Tibet&#39;s exiled leader the Dalai Lama, who is planning to visit Japan in April, China&#39;s Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Israel in March and during the trip mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish state, her spokesman said on Wednesday.
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The foreign ministers of China and Germany said Tuesday that ties between their countries had normalised after months of stony silence over Berlin receiving the Dalai Lama.
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ELISTA, Russia  - The Dalai Lama arrived in Russia&#39;s Buddhist region of Kalmykia for a long-awaited visit after Moscow relented and issued him a visa in a move protested by China.
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A protracted dispute over undefined borders and trade gap will be the focus of a three-day state visit to China by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, officials said.
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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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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was meeting with Mideast leaders as part of a push for renewed efforts in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.Comment
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the Dalai Lama for a meeting on Sunday despite opposition from China.
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VIENTIANE, Nov 27 - China criticized Russia on Saturday over its decision to give the Dalai Lama a visa, the first Moscow has granted the Tibetan spiritual leader in a decade.
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China News, BEIJING - Beijing cannot understand why Russia allowed the Dalai Lama to visit, a Chinese government spokeswoman said on Tuesday, and accused Tibet&#39;s spiritual leader to attempting to split China.
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ELISTA, Russia  - The Dalai Lama arrived Monday in Russia&#39;s Buddhist region of Kalmykia for a long-awaited visit. The revered 69-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader flew into Kalmykia at 1300 GMT from New Delhi.
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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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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is  expected to push for tougher global action against climate  change and ending human rights abuses in Darfur in meetings  with top Chinese officials on Monday.
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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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China on Tuesday said that a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Dalai Lama had damaged ties between the two nations, and called for Berlin to quickly fix the problem.
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The Dalai Lama warned major nations on Tuesday not to try to contain China's economic and military rise, and urged countries like Australia to use their trading clout to pressure Beijing on human rights.