Dalai Lama wraps up sensitive Taiwan visit

September 28th, 2009 VANCOUVER - Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has reached Canada on a week-long visit, but unlike his previous visits, this time members of the Conservative Government are not to keen to meet the revered monk. Authorities have not announced any meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper or any other cabinet members, who had met the Dalai Lama during his visit in 2006 and made him an honorary citizen of Canada.

September 13th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - A US team will meet Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in this north Indian hill station Monday to finalise details of his proposed US visit and meeting with President Barack Obama next month, officials said Sunday. Three US officials, including White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, Sunday met Tibetan Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche and the Dalai Lama's special envoy Lodi Gyari to finalise the proposed meeting between the spiritual leader and Obama, the local officials said.

September 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.

September 4th, 2009 TAIPEI - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama ended his sensitive Taiwan visit Friday, leaving Taipei to mend the damage to relations with Beijing caused by his visit. Hundreds of Tibetans and Taiwan disciples saw off the Dalai Lama at the Howard Plaza Hotel in Taipei, and hundreds more waited for him at Taoyuan International Airport outside Taipei.

September 3rd, 2009 TAIPEI - The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, called Thursday on China to introduce democracy to avoid a collapse like that of the Soviet Union. The Dalai Lama, invited to visit Taiwan to bless typhoon victims, made the call while receiving disciples at the Howard Plaza Hotel in Taipei.

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.

September 1st, 2009 KAOHSIUNG - The Dalai Lama led thousands of people at a public ceremony Tuesday in Taiwan in prayers for typhoon victims despite protests by China over his visit. He also met with the leader of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in a meeting that was certain to irritate China even more.

September 1st, 2009 Taiwan politician: China has canceled exchangesTAIPEI, Taiwan — A Taiwanese party spokeswoman says China has cancelled or postponed several visits and exchanges with Taiwan, likely to show its anger over the Dalai Lama's visit to the island. Chen Shu-rong of the ruling Nationalist Party says cancelled events include a visit by senior Shanghai Communist Party official Yang Xiaodu.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taiwan officials hope that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama stays clear of politics during his visit to comfort victims of Typhoon Morakot. The Dalai Lama arrived in the island on late Sunday.

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.

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 28th, 2009 TAIPEI - Taiwan's decision to overlook an angry Beijing and invite the Dalai Lama to visit the victims of typhoon Morakot was aimed at pacifying the wrath of southern Taiwanese, the Christian Science Monitor reports. In December, President Ma Ying-jeou had said that "the timing wasn't appropriate" for Tibetan spiritual leader's visit to Taiwan.

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.

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.