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President Bush applauds as the Dalai Lama arrives for the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress honored the spiritual leader of Tibet despite vocal objections from China, which has controlled the Dalai Lama's homeland since 1959. In his address, the Dalai Lama repeated his call for automony, not separation from China. President Bush, who has met with the Dalai Lama privately, becomes the first sitting president to meet publicly with the religious leader, and also called for China to meet with the Dalai Lama and respect "religious freedom" in that country. (Evan Vucci/ AP Photo)

On the bus from the airport to the city of Lhasa, the guide cautioned us to remember two things while in Tibet: don't talk politics, and don't mention the Dalai Lama.

A group of Tibetan activists today burned down a demonized effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao calling him “China’s Ravan” as a symbolic celebration of the last concluding

"He said a prayer of welcome," Rinpoche said of their reunion. "I almost cried. I bowed down (to him). But he said no, don't do that." China had invaded Tibet in 1950. When the Tibetan resistance collapsed in 1959, the

"Americans cannot look to the plight of the religiously oppressed and close our eyes or turn away," US President George W Bush said during ceremonies presenting the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal

Greatest happiness? Many occasions. One I remember, the next day of my escape from Tibet. So, local time, 10 p.m., I left, disguised as a soldier with a rifle. So, the more I walked

Hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist monks celebrating the award of a US honour to the exiled Dalai Lama have clashed with Chinese police, resulting in an unknown number of injuries and arrests.

The Dalai Lama and other spiritual leaders called for followers of the world's religions to work toward understanding rather than bicker over differences.

Several thousand people gathered Sunday morning at Emory University's gymnasium to hear the Dalai Lama offer an introduction to Buddhism as part of a weekend of events with the exiled Tibetan

Buddhist monks in the capital of Tibet clashed with police for four days while trying to celebrate the awarding of a U.S. honor for the Dalai Lama, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.