Monks, nomads and merchants have turned the joyous Losar holiday into a dirge, memorializing Tibetans who died in last year’s conflict and pining for the return of the exiled Dalai Lama.
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Opinions, Politics, Tibet | Leo Golan | 
February 28, 2009 8:55 am | 
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In the text message posted on the Dalai Lama’s official website, the supreme spiritual and temporal leader of Tibetan people extended his New Year greetings to them.
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Politics, Tibet | Leo Golan | February 26, 2009 6:26 pm | Comments (0)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 2nd of February urged China to resolve the ‘underlying issues’ in Tibet.
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News, Politics, Tibet | Leo Golan | February 4, 2009 12:22 pm | Comments (2)
There is little linear about lama succession in Tibet. And now, as the 14th Dalai Lama journeys into his 74th year, the question of how to pick his successor has come to preoccupy both him and his followers, as Tibet stands at an ever more precarious political pass.
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Buddhism, Opinions, Politics, Tibet | Leo Golan | February 1, 2009 1:39 pm | Comments (1)
Merkel urged Wen Jiabao to restart talks with the envoys of the Tibetan leader Dalai Lama. “Germany has an intense interest in the talks with the Dalai Lama resuming,” Merkel told reporters after meeting Wen.
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News, Opinions, Politics | Leo Golan | January 30, 2009 2:35 pm | Comments (0)
