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Dalai Lama at Radio City: Mankind Is 'Becoming More Mature'
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader and global spiritual celebrity, kicked off a four-day teaching engagement at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Thursday with his usual good humor and an upbeat -- if quixotic -- message for Americans who are angry about the present and pessimistic about the future. Things are getting better, not worse, the 74-year-old monk insisted to reporters at a crowded press conference, the only one he will hold on the last stop of his current American tour. "I am optimistic," he said, citing America's post-war reconciliation with Japan and Germany ...
Which Leaders Rock Our World? Drumroll, Please ...
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 23) -- President Barack Obama is still the world's most respected leader, according to a new six-country poll. Released today by France 24 and Radio France Internationale, the Harris Interactive Poll asked 6,135 adults between the ages of 16 and 64 who live in the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Germany or Spain to name their favorite world leaders. Seventy-seven percent of those surveyed chose Obama, which is one percentage point higher than when Harris Interactive asked the same question in November. Getty Images President Obama and the Dalai Lama rank at the top of a new ...
Dalai Lama Doesn't Fault Obama for Low-Key Meeting
By not in system - AOL NewsBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Feb. 21) - The Dalai Lama says he doesn't fault President Obama for his low-key reception in Washington because he recognizes that the president must juggle ties to the Tibetan spiritual leader with concerns about angering China. The Dalai Lama told The Associated Press he understands that Obama must be practical in exercising his commitment to human rights worldwide. "No disappointment. The last six decades my heart hardened. I do not consider important political gestures. I don't care. The important is meet face-to-face," said the Dalai Lama, who was sometimes ...
Obama Welcomes Dalai Lama to White House
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPresident Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, to a private visit at the White House Thursday, despite protests from China. The White House planned to release only one official photograph of the event, which was held in the Map Room on the ground floor of the White House, Bloomberg reported. In October, the president decided not to meet with the Dalai Lama when the he was in Washington, apparently to avoid aggravating the Chinese before his summit in Beijing in November. The Chinese, who rule over Tibet and view the Dalai Lam as a source contributing to unrest in ...
President Obama to Meet With Dalai Lama This Month
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyPresident Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama later this month, the White House announced Thursday. Spokesman Robert Gibbs did not specify a date but did confirm the meeting will take place in February at the White House. The Dalai Lama's secretary has said he will be in Washington Feb. 17-18, The Associated Press reported. It was unclear whether the president and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader would appear together publicly. The Chinese government has said it opposes the Dalai Lama's visit to the United States and urged Obama not to meet with him. Beijing says by campaigning for ...
Republicans Chide Obama for Snubbing Dalai Lama
By David Sessions - Politics DailyRepublicans are criticizing President Obama for refusing to meet with the Dalai Lama this week during the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit to Washington, The Hill reported late Monday. GOP lawmakers said the snub sent the wrong message to China and the world about human rights. The Dalai Lama has been to Washington 10 times since 1991, and has visited the White House on each occasion. "The U.S. is kowtowing to Beijing again by refusing to meet with His Holiness," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.), the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "This is a policy turned upside ...
Chinese Riots: Blame the Dame
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyWednesday's news that Chinese President Hu Jintao is bailing on the already-dubious G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, to head home should come as little surprise to those following the recent wave of riots and killings in China's western region of Xinjiang. Over the past weekend, ethnic Han Chinese clashed with the region's native Muslim Uighur minority, leaving more than 1,000 injured and at least 156 people dead. ...
Dalai Lama Visits Pats, Gillette Stadium
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsThe Dalai Lama, I suppose, is a sports fan. That's really the only way to explain why he was kicking it at the New England Patriots' Gillette Stadium on Saturday.Either that or Robert Kraft has given up on installing a soul into Bill Belichick and just decided to convert him to Buddhism. But either way, there he was on Saturday, the big hitter himself, speaking to a big crowd in Boston while rocking out a bright red Pats baseball cap.People rose from their seats, greeting the 73-year-old spiritual and political leader with a mix of reverent silence and cheers. "You rock, Lama!" someone ...
Can a Dalai Lama Resign? - Update
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyUpdate: Underground Report from Tibet at the end of the story.This article was written by Tom Fitzsimmons, a Political Machine reader, and published with his permission.From The Times of London:The Dalai Lama responded to charges from China that he orchestrated deadly riots in Lhasa to sabotage the Olympics with a pledge to resign as temporal leader of Tibet's Buddhist people if the violence - on both sides - did not stop. Amid reports that the Dalai Lama has offered to quit his post over accusations by the Chinese that he has fomented the recent uprisings, and with Tibetans ignoring his calls ...
Hillary Responds to Tibetan Unrest
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyPeaceful protests in Lhasa, Tibet turned violent this weekend, as Chinese forces cracked down on monks and civilians who were marking the anniversary of a failed uprising in 1959. Reports say at least 100 people were killed in the clashes.The Chinese government does not want to appear weak by not reacting to the protests. Beijing has now given the Tibetan protesters till Monday to surrender. ''Fighting, looting, burning - these actions destroy the stability of society. These events can be described as an organised and planned plot. We are very determined to denounce this separatist activity, ...
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