Dalai Lama and Obama will not meet this week as monk receives rights awardOctober 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.
Dalai Lama and Obama won't meet this week as monk receives rights awardOctober 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.
Dalai Lama shunned by Obama, gets award from speaker PelosiOctober 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Even as President Barack Obama was strategically avoiding the Dalai Lama apparently to gain favour with China, the Tibetan spiritual leader was at the Capitol Tuesday picking up a prize for fighting for human rights. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a long-time China critic, was set to present the Lantos Human Rights Prize, named after late Democrat Representative Tom Lantos, a human rights proponent, who was the only member of Congress to survive the Holocaust.
White House says decision to delay meeting between Obama, Dalai Lama mutualOctober 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.
Obama to meet Dalai Lama only after return from ChinaOctober 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has confirmed that President Barack Obama will not meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Washington and will see the Tibetan spiritual leader only after his own trip to China next month. "The president has decided that he will meet with the Dalai Lama at a mutually agreeable time.
Obama postpones meeting with Dalai Lama: ReportOctober 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The White House has postponed a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Barack Obama until after Obama's meeting with Chinese leader Hu Jintao next month, the Washington Post reported Monday. The Post said it would be the first time since 1991 that the Tibetan spiritual leader will visit Washington and not meet the US president.
Dalai Lama visits site of MLK's assassination; finds visit both sad, inspirationalSeptember 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.
Dalai Lama welcomed by Memphis mayor with fist bump and "Hello Dalai"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.
Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal in NovemberSeptember 10th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has planned a visit to Arunachal Pradesh in the second week of November, an aide said Thursday. The Dalai Lama had to cancel his visit to the state last year after the Indian government refused to grant him permission.
China protests speeches by Dalai Lama, exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer to Prague meetingSeptember 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.
Dalai Lama receives rights award in SlovakiaSeptember 9th, 2009 BRATISLAVA - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Wednesday received a human rights award in a highlight of his three-day visit to Slovakia, local reports said. The Dalai Lama was honoured with the Jan Langos Prize, named after a Slovak anti-communist dissident and awarded by a Bratislava-based foundation carrying his name.
Dalai Lama, ex-NBA star, icon's widow to receive National Civil Rights Museum honorsAugust 6th, 2009 Dalai Lama to receive Tenn. museum's Freedom AwardMEMPHIS, Tenn.
Paris' mayor confers certificate of honorary citizenship on the Dalai LamaJune 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.
China says Obama should not meet with the Dalai Lama in OctoberlApril 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.
Dalai Lama admitted to hospital, dischargedFebruary 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.
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