Howard set to meet Dalai Lama
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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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The Foreign Ministry has decided to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, reversing course after refusing earlier requests amid China's objections to allowing the spiritual leader to visit Russia, a spokesman said Friday.
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In the run-up to the Dalai Lama's first visit to the German Chancellery, China has said it disapproves of politicians meeting with the Tibetan religious leader and called for Chancellor Merkel to cancel the encounter. "We hope that Germany will consider the higher interest of Chinese-German relationships and not allow the Dalai Lama's visit," a government spokeswoman said.
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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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The Dalai Lama warned major nations on Tuesday not to try to contain China's economic and military rise, and urged countries like Australia to use their trading clout to pressure Beijing on human rights.
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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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ELISTA, Nov. 29. - The Dalai Lama, smiling modestly at his admirers, began his first visit to Russiaâs Buddhists today after Moscow abruptly reversed its refusal to grant the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader entry.
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German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has met the Dalai Lama and given him support for cultural autonomy for Tibet. via South Africa News.Net
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ELISTA. Nov 30 (Interfax-South) - The Dalai Lama held a ceremony to consecrate the Kalmyk Khurul temple near Elista, Kalmykia, on Tuesday, an Interfax correspondent reported.
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The Dalai Lama arrived Monday for his first visit to Russia in 10 years after Moscow abruptly reversed its refusal to grant the Tibetan spiritual leader entry.
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PRIME Minister John Howard will have a series of bilateral meetings with regional leaders as Asia-Pacific nations gather for a key economic forum.
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Prime Minister John Howard will travel to Indonesia later this month to attend the inauguration of new Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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"I met the Dalai Lama in my office but I meet everyone in my office. I don't know why I would sneak off to a hotel room just to meet the Dalai Lama. You know, he's not a call girl"  When Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to explain in a year-end interview why he'd met the Dalai Lama in his Ottawa office, it was clear he wanted to show respect for the exiled Tibetan leader. via Calgary Herald
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Mexico's government will greet the Dalai Lama as a religious leader &#151; not as a politician &#151; a top official said Tuesday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell is set to hold talks in Tokyo on the first leg of his East Asian tour.
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LHASA, China  - It is 45 years since Tibet's  god-king, the Dalai Lama, fled his homeland on horseback as  Chinese shells rained down on his capital. Many Tibetans do not  expect to see him again, or not in his current incarnation.
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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.