Dalai Lama, ex-NBA star, icon’s widow to receive National Civil Rights Museum honors

October 6th, 2009 Dalai Lama receives rights awardWASHINGTON — Powerful U.S. lawmakers honored the Dalai Lama with a human rights award Tuesday even as President Barack Obama faced harsh criticism for delaying a meeting with the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader.

October 6th, 2009 Dalai Lama receives rights award at CapitolWASHINGTON — Lawmakers honored the Dalai Lama with a human rights award Tuesday even as President Barack Obama faced harsh criticism for delaying a meeting with the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader. The Dalai Lama and Obama will not meet until after Obama visits Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing in November.

October 6th, 2009 White House: Delay of Dalai Lama meeting mutualWASHINGTON — The White House says the decision to delay a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama was mutual. The Tibetan spiritual leader is in Washington to receive an award, but won't meet with the president.

October 6th, 2009 Obama postpones meeting with Dalai LamaWASHINGTON — A decision by Barack Obama to postpone his first meeting as president with the Dalai Lama is overshadowing a visit to Washington this week by the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists. The Dalai Lama arrived Monday in Washington and will be received by prominent lawmakers and the U.S.

September 23rd, 2009 Dalai Lama comes to Memphis, gets fist bump, jokeMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Dalai Lama has been welcomed to Memphis with a fist bump and the greeting "hello Dalai." It happened as the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader met interim Memphis Mayor Myron Lowery on Tuesday.

September 23rd, 2009 Dalai Lama: King assassination site sad, inspiringMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Dalai Lama said his visit Wednesday to the motel where Martin Luther King Jr.

September 15th, 2009 BEIJING — China criticized a meeting between aides of President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama, saying Tuesday it opposed any such engagements with the Tibetan spiritual leader, but stopping short of threatening a response. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Beijing firmly opposed any foreign officials meeting with the Dalai Lama, whom China claims is intent on seizing independence for the Chinese region of Tibet.

September 14th, 2009 Dalai Lama briefed about US approach to TibetDHARMSALA, India — A top adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama met Monday with the Dalai Lama and briefed him about the Obama administration's approach to Tibet, the Dalai Lama's office said in a statement.

September 10th, 2009 China protests Dalai Lama, Uighur speechesPRAGUE — China on Thursday protested planned speeches by the Dalai Lama and exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer before a Prague conference on human rights in Asia. Kadeer and the Dalai Lama are part of Friday's "Peace, Democracy and Human Rights in Asia" conference organized by the Forum 2000 Foundation established by former Czech President Vaclav Havel.

September 9th, 2009 Dalai Lama receives human rights awardBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The Dalai Lama received an international award on Wednesday for his promotion of human rights and his leadership in the nonviolent campaign by Tibetans seeking autonomy from China. After receiving Slovakia's Jan Langos award at a theater in Bratislava, the Dalai Lama said he considers the prize "new encouragement" for his efforts to find a "mutually agreeable solution" for China and Tibet.

August 30th, 2009 Taiwan wants no politics during Dalai Lama's visitTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese officials said Sunday they hope the Dalai Lama would stay clear of politics to avoid angering China during his visit to comfort victims of the island's worst storm in 50 years. Although the Tibetan spiritual leader has traveled to Taiwan before, many fear his arrival late Sunday could hurt the island's improving relations with rival China — the signature issue in the 15-month-old administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou.

June 7th, 2009 Paris mayor gives Dalai Lama honorary citizenshipPARIS — Paris' mayor has conferred a certificate of honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama, in a move that could further strain France's relations with China. Bertrand Delanoe has honored the exiled Tibetan leader with a ceremony in Paris' gilded City Hall.

April 27th, 2009 The Dalai Lama serves hope to SF homelessSAN FRANCISCO — His Holiness the Dalai Lama was trying very hard on Sunday to make the homeless guests at Martin's soup kitchen relax. He put on a red and yellow tie-dyed apron to serve up the first plates of pesto pasta.

April 25th, 2009 Dalai Lama: Economic crisis teaches money's limitsSANTA BARBARA, Calif. — 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.

April 23rd, 2009 China says Obama should not meet the Dalai LamaBEIJING — 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. Although a meeting has not been confirmed, every president since George H.W.