Editorial: Martin makes right decision

In an age when religious and ethnic leaders from Iraq to Sri Lanka have promoted violent attacks and suicide bombings as a means to achieve their political objectives, one leader has taken a different path.

Meeting with Dalai Lama irks China

After weeks of dithering, Prime Minister Paul Martin’s office announced yesterday that he will meet the Dalai Lama in Ottawa next week, blindsiding and upsetting both the Chinese embassy and the organizers of the exiled Tibetan leader’s visit.

His Holiness Arrives in Los Angeles

His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Los Angeles today from Tokyo. He was received at the airport by Representative Ngawang Rabgyal, US Diplomatic Security Agents Bill Maxwell, Mark Hartfield and Garth Pettijohn, and others.

Martin to meet with Dalai Lama despite protests from China

Paul Martin will become the first Canadian prime minister to meet with the Dalai Lama despite protests from trade dynamo China. Martin has decided to meet the Nobel prize winner next week when the Tibetan spiritual leader visits Canada.

Drawing attention to Tibet

Tenzin Gyatso, or the XIV Dalai Lama, is called `Kundun’, meaning the `presence’ by those close to him. This implies what this festival, which includes a photo exhibition and screening of films, seeks to attain.