Dalai Lama meets US officials ahead of his visit to United States, spokesman says

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.

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 2nd, 2009 Dalai Lama: Purpose of Taiwan visit fulfilledTAIPEI, Taiwan — The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that his mission to Taiwan to comfort the victims of Typhoon Morakot was a success. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, the Tibetan spiritual leader said he was moved to meet survivors of the typhoon when he visited Shiao Lin, the village where hundreds died in catastrophic mudslides spawned by the typhoon's torrential rains early last month.

August 30th, 2009 Taiwan police scuffle with Dalai Lama opponentsTAOYUAN, Taiwan — Police have scuffled with demonstrators protesting the the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan. Approximately 50 supporters of Taiwanese unification with China hurled insults at the Dalai Lama as he arrived at a suburban Taipei train station Sunday at the beginning of a five day visit to console victims of Typhoon Morakot.

August 27th, 2009 China opposes Taiwan decision to invite Dalai LamaBEIJING — China said Thursday that it "resolutely opposes" a decision by Taiwan's president to allow the Dalai Lama to visit the island. A spokesman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office said a visit by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, "in whatever form and capacity," would be condemned by China, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

August 27th, 2009 Taiwan's government OKs Dalai Lama to visit TaiwanTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese President Ma Ying jeou says his government has agreed to a visit by the Dalai Lama to comfort survivors of a devastating typhoon. Such a visit is likely to anger China, which considers the Buddhist spiritual leader a "splittist" for promoting Tibetan autonomy.

August 26th, 2009 Taiwan officials: Dalai Lama to visit this monthTAIPEI, Taiwan — A group of Taiwan officials said Wednesday the Dalai Lama has accepted their invitation to visit this month, presenting the island's China-friendly president with an embarrassing political dilemma. A joint statement by leaders from seven municipalities recently hit by deadly Typhoon Morakot said the Tibetan spiritual leader planned to be in Taiwan from Aug.

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 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.

February 10th, 2009 Baden-BADEN - The Dalai Lama has warned that Tibetan culture was in peril under Chinese rule. 'When narrow-minded Chinese officials portray Tibetan beliefs and our cultural heritage as a threat, the Tibetan people hear a death sentence,' he said Tuesday as he received an award here from a German audience research company, Media Control.

February 2nd, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Tuesday reached his residence in this Himachal Pradesh hill town after undergoing a medical examination at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi. 'His Holiness (the Dalai Lama) reached his official palace this evening (Tuesday) after undergoing medical examination and tests at Apollo Hospital,' a senior aide to the leader Tenzin Taklha told IANS.

February 1st, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was admitted to Apollo Hospital in New Delhi Monday and discharged later, his aide said. 'This morning (Monday) His Holiness (the Dalai Lama) was admitted to Apollo Hospital after complaining of a mild discomfort in one of his arms,' Tenzin Taklha, a senior aide to the leader, told IANS by phone.

January 19th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Tuesday congratulated Barack Obama on his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Tibet's government-in-exile here said. 'The religious guru, on a visit to international township of Auroville near Puducherry, expressed his deep congratulations and prayers for Obama for success,' Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at Dalai Lama's office, told IANS.

January 1st, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Friday evening met Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at his official palace in Mcleodganj near here, officials of the government-in-exile said.