Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama

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  A look at prolific Twitter accounts

  Pope Benedict XVI hit the 1 million Twitter follower mark on Wednesday as he sent his first tweet from his new account. In amassing an army of ... 

• Chinese police accuse monk of inciting immolations

  Police detained a monk and his nephew in China's Sichuan province and accused them of instigating the self-immolations of eight ethnic Tibetans on the ... 

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  Mongolia finds China can be too close for comfort

  After years of testy debate, Mongolia broke ground this spring for a railroad that will haul coal across the pebbled Gobi desert to China, but with ... 

• Court: S. Africa official delayed Dalai Lama visa

  A South African court ruled Thursday that officials "unreasonably delayed" a decision about whether to grant the Dalai Lama a visa for a planned 2011 ... 

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  Tibetan protests against Chinese rule in new phase

  Two dozen Tibetans have set themselves on fire in western China this month in a dramatic acceleration of the protests against authoritarian Chinese ... 

• Tibetan students in west China clash with police

  Four more ethnic Tibetans have self-immolated to protest Chinese rule and at least 20 were hospitalized after clashing with police in a protest over ... 

• Tibetan man sets self on fire in protest in China

  A Tibetan herdsman has died after setting himself on fire in northwest China's Qinghai province, state media reported Saturday, in the latest in a ... 

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  Dalai Lama wants thorough probe into Tibet deaths

  Lashing back at criticism from Beijing, the Dalai Lama on Tuesday said China needs to thoroughly investigate the causes of self-immolations by ... 

• Rights groups: 5 Tibetans self-immolate in 2 days

  Tibetan protests against Chinese rule intensified around the opening of a pivotal Communist Party congress as three teenage monks and two other ... 

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  World reaction to Barack Obama's victory

  President Barack Obama's re-election in the United States elicited strong feelings — from optimism to skepticism — around the world. A sampling of ... 

• China: 5th Tibetan in week sets self on fire, dies

  A 23-year-old man has become the fifth Tibetan in a week to set himself on fire and die in a county in far western China to protest against Chinese ... 

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  Another Tibetan in west China self-immolates, dies

  A Tibetan farmer has died after setting himself on fire in remote northwest China, in the second self-immolation death near the Labrang Monastery in ... 

• Tibetan man sets himself on fire to protest China

  The grandfather of a revered Tibetan Buddhist figure died Saturday after setting himself on fire in protest of Chinese rule, the London-based rights ... 

• Czech leaders argue over PM's Pussy Riot comment

  The Czech foreign minister has slammed the prime minister for saying support for the Dalai Lama and jailed members of Russian band Pussy Riot is ... 

• Tibetans clash with police in west China; 1 dead

  Police in far west China beat a Tibetan man to death during a clash that broke out after two Tibetans set themselves on fire, a U.S. broadcaster said ... 

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  Indian power failure puts 370M in dark for hours

  A power grid failure blacked out northern India for hours Monday, halting trains, forcing hospitals and airports onto backup power and providing a ... 

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  Suu Kyi's Europe trip revives lifetime of memories

  Paris brought back memories of onion soup. Oxford, of carefree student days and sharing a passion for literature with her two young sons. In London, ... 

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  Two Tibetans set themselves on fire in west China

  Two young Tibetans, a herder and a migrant carpenter, set themselves on fire and hold up Tibetan flags as the flames engulf them before they stumble ... 

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  Aung San Suu Kyi finally gets honorary doctorate

  It was a long wait, but Aung San Suu Kyi has finally received her honorary degree from Oxford University. In a speech, Suu Kyi praised the role Oxford ... 

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  Dalai Lama and Myanmar's Suu Kyi meet in London

  Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he has held talks with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in London. In a message posted ...