Obama postpones meeting with Dalai Lama: Report

October 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Dalai Lama has said that an opportunity for President Barack Obama to raise the Tibet issue with Chinese leader Hu Jintao without alienating Beijing was more important than his own visit to the White House. "(A) more serious discussion is better than just a picture," he told CNN in an interview aired Thursday.

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.

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 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In an attempt to curry favor with China, the United States has pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month. For the first time since 1991, the Tibetan spiritual leader will visit Washington this week and not meet with the president.

October 4th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - The Dalai Lama Sunday welcomed the appointment of an official by the United States to promote substantive discussion between the Tibetan spiritual leader's representatives and the Chinese government. "The Dalai Lama welcomes the decision (of the US) to appoint Under Secretary Maria Otero as the special coordinator for Tibetan issues and he is looking forward to working with her," said a statement posted on the Central Tibetan Administration website.

October 3rd, 2009 SYDNEY - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was Saturday accused of kowtowing to China over his decision not to meet the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan leader visits Australia in December. Rudd braved Beijing's displeasure and met the Dalai Lama in 2007 when he was leader of the opposition Labour Party but has kept him at bay since taking office after the November 2007 election.

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 21st, 2009 DHARAMSALA - Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who left here Monday for a 23-day visit to the US and Canada, won't be meeting US President Barack Obama, an aide said. "His Holiness Dalai Lama this (Monday) morning left his residence for a 23-day scheduled visit to the US and Canada," said Tenzin Taklha, joint secretary at the Dalai Lama's office here, ending speculation that the two leaders would meet.

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.

June 9th, 2009 China warns honor for Dalai Lama will hurt tiesBEIJING — China expressed its indignation Tuesday at an honor given to the Dalai Lama by the city of Paris, saying it would seriously harm Beijing's relations with France. Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe conferred a certificate of honorary citizenship on the Tibetan spiritual leader at a ceremony Sunday in Paris' gilded City Hall.

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.

April 22nd, 2009 BEIJING - U.S. President Barack Obama risks damaging relations with China if he meets the Dalai Lama in October, Chinese experts have warned.

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.