Dalai Lama Visits a Sukkah
The Dalai Lama visits a ritual sukkah, marking the end of the Jewish tabernacle holiday Sukkot, in Washington on October 10, 2009. The Dalai Lama told the assembled members of Adas Israel Congregation, including its rabbi Gil Steinlauf (L) and Cantor Jeffrey Weber (R), that he had much to learn from the Jews and their ability to survive so many generations in a diaspora. UPI/Ron Sachs/Handout
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BEIJING, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The Chinese government said Thursday is disapproves of the recent meeting between the Dalai Lama and Italian Chamber of Deputies speaker Gianfranco Fini.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- India is welcoming the Dalai Lama to the country's disputed north eastern territory, despite China's vehement opposition to the Buddhist spiritual leader's visit.
TAWANG, India, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Thousands of people Sunday greeted the Dalai Lama as he ignored China's warning not to visit the border town of Tawang, India, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi awarded the first Lantos Human Rights Prize to the Dalai Lama, honoring the Tibetan spiritual leader's work to end injustice.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The White House called off a proposed meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama has been delayed until after Obama's meeting next month with China's President Hu Jintao, officials said.
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Tibet's Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, arrived Wednesday in Canada's rodeo capital of Calgary, Alberta, and wound up wearing a white cowboy hat.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The Dalai Lama has arrived in Canada to co-host the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit, supporters say.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The Dalai Lama said he is donating the $50,000 honorarium the received for his 2009 International Freedom Award to a civil rights museum in Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Dalai Lama's visit to Memphis began with a fist bump, a joke and a traditional Tibetan Buddhist exchange of scarves.
