Russia Issues Visa to the Dalai Lama
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Russia has issued a visa to the Dalai Lama to visit Buddhists in the southern Kalmykia region despite worries of upsetting China, a spokesman for his Tibetan exile government said Saturday.
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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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At least one Russian ministry has signed letters agreeing to Moscow's approval of the Kyoto Protocol, a spokesman said Thursday, in what could be a final step in the lengthy tussle to bring the global pact into force.
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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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MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday Russia sees no need for holding an international forum to settle the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, Russia&#39;s Interfax news agency reported.
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The Dalai Lama arrived Monday on his first visit to Russia after Moscow abruptly reversed its refusal to grant the Tibetan spiritual leader entry.
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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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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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Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims trekked to a temple in the southern republic of Kalmykia today to join prayers led by the Dalai Lama, on his first visit to Russia after years of being denied entry.
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The Buddhist faithful in southern Russia busily prepared for a visit by the Dalai Lama, after Moscow had reportedly decided to finally issue a visa to Tibet's spiritual leader over fierce Chinese objections.
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At least one Russian ministry has signed letters agreeing to Moscow's approval of the Kyoto Protocol, a spokesman said on Thursday in what could be a final step on the long road to bringing the global pact into force.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a three-day visit to India to discuss regional and global issues, Indian officials said.
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China will sign an agreement today endorsing Russia&#39;s bid to enter the World Trade Organization, China&#39;s Foreign Ministry said on the first of a two-day visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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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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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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China has summoned Germany&#39;s ambassador in Beijing to discuss Chancellor Angela Merkel&#39;s decision to grant the Dalai Lama an unprecedented meeting this month, the German foreign ministry said Friday.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Tbilisi for Mikhail Saakashvili's inauguration as Georgian president, his press department said on Wednesday, despite tense relations between the two countries.