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Mar 26 2009, Sachin Kumar

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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Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks sit for evening prayers at the Tsechokling monastery in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, March 14, 2009.