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News Source: Macleans
| about 1 month ago
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has criticized President Barack Obama for postponing his meeting with the Dalai Lama. Havel said Monday the postponement is a "tiny little compromise" that sidelines human rights issues for economic reasons.
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News Source: Taiwan News
| about 1 month ago
Taipei, Oct. 12 (CNA) Taiwan's National Security Council (NSC) director said Monday that now is not an appropriate time for Li Hongzhi, the founder of the Falun Gong movement which is banned in China, to visit Taiwan. Director Tsai Teh-sheng cited...
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News Source: Inter Press Service
| about 1 month ago
The symbolism of Beijing dispatching its second top leader for celebrations with the reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il almost at the same time as Washington was deciding to break a tradition by refusing the Dalai Lama a meeting with the U.S...
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News Source: Ynet News
| 2 months ago
The Dalai Lama in the sukkah Photo: AP He didn't get invitation to White House, but Adas Israel Synagogue in Washington receives Tibet's spiritual leader with open arms...Though he was not invited to the White House, the Adas Israel Synagogue in...
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News Source: Phayul
| 2 months ago
Washington Times [Sunday, October 11, 2009 09:50] American University speech caps meetings-packed trip The Dalai Lama capped off a five-day visit to Washington on Saturday by offering a 75-minute lecture on the basics of Buddhism to 4,300 people at...
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News Source: NewKerala
| 2 months ago
Congress to respect the history and the facts, recognize the true face of Dalai Lama, stop using the Tibet issue to interfere in China''s internal affairs,� Xinhua quoted Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, as saying. �The Chinese people know well...
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News Source: Washington Post
| 2 months ago
But much of the rest of the Dalai Lama's unusual entourage is with the Tibetan spiritual leader as he moves around Washington this week. The monk-molecular geneticist known as the "happiest man in the world"?...The Dalai Lama often calls himself a "...
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News Source: NewKerala
| 2 months ago
Obama caused a flurry earlier this week by delaying the traditional visit by the Dalai Lama to the White House until after his summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao in China next month. The Dalai Lama has led the fight against China's oppression of...
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News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 2 months ago
China's dissidents are voicing unease about President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, saying that the award could have been effective in promoting human rights in their country. Some in China's democracy movement are outraged at what they see as a...
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News Source: Seattle Times
| 2 months ago
FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has met with the Dalai Lama to discuss the situation in Tibet. Richardson says in a statement released Friday that he believes there's a way for Tibetans to have "genuine autonomy." China accuses Tibet's...