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.
Martin to meet Dalai Lama later this month
A week before the Dalai Lama’s arrival in Canada, Prime Minister Paul Martin’s office announced he will meet with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
Dalai Lama meets DPJ member during Narita stopover
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, met with a member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) on Monday during a stopover at Narita airport, east of Tokyo.
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.