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China said Thursday that President Barack Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, when he visits the United States in October.
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AP, Madrid
Spain grabbed world headlines a decade ago by indicting Chile’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and has since probed alleged atrocities as far away as Tibet and...
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AP, Beijing
A respected Tibetan lama went on trial in a Chinese court Tuesday on weapons charges related to last year’s protests and faces a lengthy prison term if convicted,...
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AP, Beijing
A Chinese court has sentenced three people to lengthy prison terms over deadly arson attacks during last year’s rioting in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, state media...
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AP, Washington
A closely watched visit is set to take place in October, when a frail, 74-year-old Buddhist monk seeks an audience with President Barack Obama.
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AP, Beijing
A Chinese court has sentenced three people to lengthy prison terms over deadly arson attacks during last year’s rioting in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, state media...
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AP, New York
The Dalai Lama’s nephew has walked 900 miles from Indiana to New York City to protest what he calls Chinese suppression of Tibetans.
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The South African Government has admitted it barred the Dalai Lama from attending a peace conference in the country to avoid undermining relations with China.
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AP, Beijing
Assailants threw a bomb into a newly built police station in a Tibetan area in western China, a police official said Tuesday amid heightened tensions and security...
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AP, Beijing
A police official says a bomb has been thrown into a newly built police station in a predominantly Tibetan area of western China amid heightened tensions and security...
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AP, Chengdu
Paramilitary and plainclothes police blanketed Lhasa with patrols and checkpoints Saturday, imposing what witnesses called a tense calm on the anniversary of a violent...
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AP, United Nations
Nobel laureates and celebrities have joined Archbishop Desmond Tutu in urging China to stop “verbally abusing” Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the...
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AP, Beijing
China’s premier defended his government’s policies in Tibet and its handling of the economic crisis Friday, promising more stimulus measures if needed to...
made popular Mar 13 2009
AP, Beijing
The image is iconic: Smiling Tibetan farmers hoist a giant portrait of China’s communist revolutionary leader Mao Zedong as they walk under a clear blue sky.
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AP, Beijing
China accused the U.S. Congress on Thursday of damaging relations and meddling in China’s internal affairs by passing a resolution recognizing the plight of...
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AP, Beijing
China criticized the United States on Thursday for damaging bilateral ties and meddling in its internal affairs by passing a resolution recognizing the plight of...
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AP, Sidbhari
Like his 16 previous incarnations, this Karmapa Lama has spent his life immersed in the Tibetan Buddhist arts of meditation, study and prayer. Unlike them, he likes to...
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AP, Ya'an
A famous scenic valley in a Tibetan part of western China has been declared off-limits to foreigners, officials said Wednesday, in a further tightening of security to...
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AP, Dharmsala
Life for Tibetans under Chinese rule has been “hell on earth,” the Dalai Lama said Tuesday, attacking Beijing in a speech to mark 50 years since the failed...
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AP, Dharmsala
China has overseen a “brutal crackdown” in Tibet since protests shook the Himalayan region last year, part of decades of Chinese oppression that have driven...
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The influx of Han Chinese and the growing restrictions on religious practice have become the biggest threats to Tibet, which faces “something like a death sentence”...
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AP, San Francisco
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was trying very hard on Sunday to make the homeless guests at Martin’s soup kitchen relax.
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AP, Santa Barbara
The Dalai Lama says the global economic crisis will teach people that peace of mind, family and friends can bring happiness when money is lacking.
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AP, Beijing
China said Thursday that President Barack Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, when he visits the United States in October.
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AP, Narita
The Dalai Lama on Wednesday criticized lengthy prison terms given a day earlier by China to three people for arson attacks during rioting last year in the Tibetan...
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AP, New York
The Dalai Lama’s nephew has walked 900 miles from Indiana to New York City to protest what he calls Chinese suppression of Tibetans.
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AP, The Hague
Dutch lawmakers said Thursday they will invite the Dalai Lama to parliament despite a warning from China that the visit would harm relations between the two nations.
made popular Apr 16 2009
The South African Government has admitted it barred the Dalai Lama from attending a peace conference in the country to avoid undermining relations with China.
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It’s so petty and so mean but that is what power politics and territorial ambition is. One of the world’s biggest spiritual leader and a Nobel Prize winner is...
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AP, United Nations
Nobel laureates and celebrities have joined Archbishop Desmond Tutu in urging China to stop “verbally abusing” Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the...
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AP, Beijing
China accused the U.S. Congress on Thursday of damaging relations and meddling in China’s internal affairs by passing a resolution recognizing the plight of...
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AP, Beijing
China criticized the United States on Thursday for damaging bilateral ties and meddling in its internal affairs by passing a resolution recognizing the plight of...
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AP, Dharmsala
Life for Tibetans under Chinese rule has been “hell on earth,” the Dalai Lama said Tuesday, attacking Beijing in a speech to mark 50 years since the failed...
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AP, Dharmsala
China has overseen a “brutal crackdown” in Tibet since protests shook the Himalayan region last year, part of decades of Chinese oppression that have driven...
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AP, Kangding
Paramilitary police and soldiers swarmed cities and villages in Tibet and restive western China on Tuesday, on the alert for possible unrest on the 50th anniversary of...
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AP, Kangding
Authorities in Tibet and restive parts of western China were on heightened alert Tuesday for possible unrest on the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against...
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AP, Dharmsala
The Dalai Lama says China has launched a “brutal crackdown” in Tibet since protests shook the Himalayan region last year.
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AP, Kangding
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