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Leader:


 * BBC: Tibet - Occupation and Exile Dalai Lama: "The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.", "Under increasing pressure, the Dalai Lama was forced to take on the responsibility of secular head of state, in addition to being the spiritual leader of his country, at the tender age of 15."
 * BBC: Tenzin Gyatso "However, until Tibet is reunited with its spiritual leader, it seems likely that there will continue to be a Dalai Lama.", "The young Lhamo Dhondrub, who was renamed Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, took leadership of a country" "In 1989 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for maintaining a policy of non violence with the Chinese government, despite the knowledge that many Tibetans would be happy to take up armed resistance to return him to his position as their leader."
 * BBC: Tibet leader awarded top US medal "the first time a sitting US president has appeared in public with the exiled Tibetan leader." "The Tibetan leader said he was "deeply touched" to receive such a "great honour"."
 * Associated Press: Tibetan leader in exile: new talks soon with China "The Dalai Lama, the Buddhist spiritual leader"
 * Der Spiegel: TIBETAN LEADER IN BERLIN German Minister Defends Meeting with Dalai Lama "with Wieczorek-Zeul being criticized from within her Social Democrat Party (SPD) for meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.", " Last year's meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Tibetan leader had upset relations between Berlin and Beijing.", "On Monday afternoon up to 20,000 people gathered at the Brandenburg Gate to see the Tibetan leader speak."
 * Time: Can Tibet's Leaders Ride the Tiger? "Events since March 10 have marked a watershed for the thousands of Tibetans, mostly youngsters, who disagree with the Dalai Lama's moderation but have been conditioned to defer to their spiritual leader.", "A new generation of Tibetans, while remaining loyal to their exiled spiritual leader, are no longer content to follow his dialogue-based policy"
 * The New York Times: China Denounces Tibetan Leader As Responsible for Violent Protest "The Dalai Lama is Tibetan Buddhism's highest religious figure and the political leader of Tibetans in exile."
 * The New York Times: On My Mind; Beijing Heart Attack "Mr. Bush invited Tenzin Gyatsu, 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and government leader of Tibet, to the White House."
 * Sky News: 'Warm' Talks Between PM And Dalai Lama "The 25-minute meeting has been the most contentious part of an 11-day visit by the Tibetan spiritual leader.", "Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has arrived in the UK for a series of talks."
 * Oakland Tribune: Tibetan leader "The spiritual leader always makes an effort to visit and speak with local Tibetans and other Buddhists from Himalayan regions, whom he termed as "special audience." Many people at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium sat cross-legged on the ground, as sitting below him is considered a sign of deference to the spiritual leader."
 * CNSNews.com: Tibetan Leader Supports Beijing Olympics Despite Violence "Despite the worst violence to rock Tibet in two decades, the Himalayan territory's exiled Buddhist leader says he continues to support China's hosting of the Beijing Olympics next summer", "At a weekend press conference, the Buddhist leader said "cultural genocide" was taking place in Tibet"
 * CNN: British PM urges China to ease Tibetan policy "Chinese President Jiang Zemin will leave Britain on Friday with a message from British Prime Minister Tony Blair to open dialogue with exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.", "Tibet has been occupied by Chinese troops since 1950. The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, fled in 1959 after a failed uprising against Communist rule."
 * TopNews.in: Exiled Tibetan leaders on hunger strike in Delhi "Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has accused the Tibetan spiritual leader of masterminding the protests -- which culminated in a riot on Friday in Lhasa, Tibet's capital -- from Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama and the government-in-exile are based."
 * ThaiIndian News: Talk to Tibetan leaders, India urges China "Following China’s tough response to riots in Lhasa, which Beijing blamed on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and his followers"
 * Kuwait News Agency: Tibetan leader Dalai Lama supports Beijing Oylmpic Games "Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Sunday supported the Beijing Olympics and termed China's charges against him on games boycott as baseless."
 * UPI: German government divided over Tibet, China "The Tibetan leader’s visit to Berlin ignited significant disharmony between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her foreign minister." "The Tibetan spiritual leader is hugely popular in Germany -- he has been to the country roughly 30 times.", "SPD Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier disapproved of Merkel's meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader", "The Tibetan spiritual leader is currently in Britain on an 11-day tour", "Beijing accuses the Tibetan leader of separatist goals; the Dalai Lama contests he supports autonomy, not independence, for the Buddhist region.", "His current stay in London also has been marred by controversy, with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meeting the Dalai Lama in Lambeth Palace, home of the archbishop of Canterbury, and not in the premier's official 10 Downing St. residence, where Brown's predecessor, Tony Blair, received the Tibetan leader in 1999."
 * The Times of India: 'China staging violence in Tibet' " That is why we are appealing to the world community, please help," the Tibetan leader said" "When asked if he was able to meet any top Indian leader during his visit to Delhi, the Tibetan leader said he had come to Delhi for a meditation workshop that was planned more than six months back. "I did not want to cause any inconvenience to anyone," he said, in an obvious reference to the reluctance of Indian leaders to meet the Tibetan leader amid diplomatic tension between New Delhi and Beijing." "But, the Tibetan leader added, if his approach failed he was ready to go to people and ask them what they want. "If they want independence, it's ok," he said."
 * Reuters: Tibet leader in spotlight after anti-China protests
 * The China Post: Tibet challenges world conscience, Speaker Pelosi says "The Tibetan spiritual leader has denied encouraging the violent protests in Tibet, the largest in almost 20 years, and has even offered to resign as Tibetan leader if violence worsens. Pelosi described the Tibetan leader as the "embodiment of non-violence" and said China's allegation that he was behind the violent protests did not make sense.", "The Tibetan leader presented her with an orange ceremonial scarf."
 * IPS: CHINA: Under Pressure to Rethink Tibet Policy "pressure on Beijing to begin dialogue with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader, is growing.", "But even as rhetoric against the Tibetan spiritual leader heats up, there are calls from all sides for China to recognise his undying significance to the Tibetan population and make breakthrough on a problem that does not seem to go away.", "A group of 26 Nobel laureates has appealed to Beijing to resume dialogue with the Tibetan leader who has lived in exile in Dharamsala, northern India since 1959.", "Wang Lixiong, a Beijing-based writer whose research works on Tibet have been circulated within the communist party, says the current crisis should serve as a "wake up" call for Chinese leaders that their rapid economic development policy in Tibet is a failure. [...] "If the current leadership doesn’t reconsider its Tibet policy, in ten or twenty years time, the Tibetan fight will become even uglier," he reckons. "They must now recognise that imposed economic prosperity would not erase the significance of the Dalai Lama in Tibetan hearts. The Dalai Lama is the key to the Tibetan problem because he is their ultimate spiritual leader and also an international symbol of the Tibetan identity."
 * MIT: Dalai Lama enlists science in quest for 'a happy mind' Tibet leader sounds playful note in serious pursuits
 * International Herald Tribune: China says Dalai Lama trying to ruin Beijing Olympics; Tibetan leader urges nonviolence
 * guardian.co.uk: US weathers Beijing's fury as Bush attends ceremony with Dalai Lama "Congressional gold medal for Tibet's leader in exile", "But today's award ceremony will mark the first time Mr Bush, or any other serving US president, has appeared in public with the Tibetan leader", "However, an official said the Tibetan leader was expected to spend about an hour at the White House and Mrs Bush, who is known to have an interest in Tibet, would also attend the meeting."

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 * 'Don't be afraid to condemn me' says Dalai Lama, By David Rennie in Beijing, Tuesday 9 February 1999
 * The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
 * As Dalai Lama gains, Tibetans lose