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Supporters of the Dalai Lama in New Zealand say his meeting with the German Chancellor in Berlin has shown our Prime Minister up as a coward.

Angela Merkel with the Dalai Lama in Berlin on Sunday, September 23, 2007. Despite China’s protest, Chancellor Merkel of Germany met with the exiled Tibetan leader at the Chancellery, making it the first historic visit of its kind. Merkel’s meeting with the Dalai Lama was reportedly praised by some senior officials in her party and from the opposition. A fellow conservative of Merkel's, Roland Koch, the premier of Hesse state who has forged a friendship with the Dalai Lama over 25 years and who met him over the weekend, said Merkel was right not to cave in to Chinese pressure. “We Germans can be happy and proud that human rights issues mean so much to Angela Merkel and that she talks straight and acts accordingly," Koch said in an interview with the newspaper Bild am Sonntag. (Pool photo by Markus Schreiber/ International Herald Tribune)

The Dalai Lama, who had met Merkel when she was opposition leader, then walked to the chancellery gate, greeting a crowd of supporters and onlookers. He said, "she kept old friendships, so (I'm) very happy."

The Tibetan Culture Center promoted the upcoming October visit and lecture of the Dalai Lama. La Casa Latino Culture Center, Tibetan Culture Center and CUBAmistad, set up booths and displays for the attendees.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met the Dalai Lama despite opposition from Beijing and concerns among German industry that the talks could harm trade ties with China.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to hold a historic meeting with the Dalai Lama on Sunday despite strong protest from China, which has cancelled talks with German

The Dalai Lama’s Potala Palace may continue to dominate Lhasa’s skyline, but the city’s reputation of being the centre of religious activity has taken a beating. With Tibetan being taught as a second language

All nations and their leaders should boycott the 2008 Olympics because of Beijing's support for genocide in Darfur, and its repression of Tibetan Buddhists, Xinjiang Uighurs, Chinese journalists and human rights and legal rights activists

A deeply spiritual man, Lieberman was inspired by the Dalai Lama to pursue his medical mission. Although his work is often made difficult by the political tensions of Tibetan life under Chinese rule,

The Dalai Lama has accused China of showing 'the arrogance of power' in objecting to his meeting on Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. The Tibetan leader indicated optimism regarding