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Dalai Lama backs East Asia bloc

MATSUYAMA, Ehime Pref. (Kyodo) The Dalai Lama says he supports Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's idea of creating an East Asian community. "I support the idea of countries doing something together rather than separately," the exiled Tibetan spiritual... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Wed, Nov 04 2009

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