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Dalai Lama returns to town near Tibet first visited while fleeing Chinese; trip angers Beijing

TAWANG, India - Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back to the Himalayan town he first set foot in five decades ago while fleeing Chinese rule in his native Tibet - a rare trip close to his homeland that has angered Beijing. ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Mon, Nov 09 2009

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