Dalai Lama holds first formal talks with a Canadian PM
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday held formal talks with the Dalai Lama, becoming the first Canadian leader to ignore China's warnings not to host the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
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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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During his stay, the prime minister is due to meet his Nepali counterpart, Sher Bahadur Deuba. High on the agenda of the talks is expected to be terrorism and economic cooperation.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to hold a historic meeting with the Dalai Lama on Sunday despite strong protest from China, which has cancelled talks with German officials.
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ATLANTA, Oct. 21 -- The Dalai Lama and other spiritual leaders called Sunday for followers of the world's religions to work toward understanding each other rather than bickering over differences.
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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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The prime minister of Laos led tens of thousands of compatriots in a Buddhist holiday ceremony at a golden-spired temple Saturday, praying for the success of an Asian summit with a VIP guest list never before seen in the reclusive
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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 asks China to show clemency in the case of a Tibetan monk accused of bombings.
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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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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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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin met with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi here Sunday on bilateral relations and international issues.
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The Dalai Lama visited Mongolia's largest Buddhist monastery on Tuesday at the start of a weeklong trip aimed at shoring up Tibet's traditional links with the sparsely populated formerly communist nation.
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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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In a Nov. 29 story about the Dalai Lama, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Buddhist spiritual leader was making his first visit to Russia. He traveled to Russia several times previously, including a 1994 visit and a one-day trip in 1995 en route to Mongolia.
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday that he pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao over &quot;shortcomings&quot; in democracy and human rights when the two met at the G8 summit in Germany.
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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.