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The Dalai Lama is to visit Japan in November for two days of public peaking engagements, his supporters said Monday. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader will appear at Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on November 1 and 2, according to the Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Once famous as the cradle of Tibetan civilization, the dusty city of Tsetang today looks more like an outpost of Chinese culture. The People's Liberation Army maintains a base here, and Chinese characters elbow out Tibetan script on signs.

The Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, said he found Secretary of State Colin Powell "very sympathetic" on Tuesday when they met at the State Department in Washington.

The Dalai Lama makes remarks during his visit to the US legislature to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the US Congressional Human Rights Caucus.(Tim Sloan)

China accused the United States of allowing the Dalai Lama to conduct "separatist" activity on its soil, after the Tibetan spiritual leader met Secretary of State Colin Powell.

The Dalai Lama walks through a hallway in the White House after meeting with US President George W. Bush. Bush welcomed the Dalai Lama a day after China accused Washington of allowing the Tibetan spiritual leader to carry out 'separatist' activity on its soil.(AFP/Luke Frazaa)

President George W. Bush welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House, a day after China accused Washington of allowing the Tibetan spiritual leader to carry out "separatist" activity on its soil.

Brandeis University has donated the bulk of its Tibetan art collection to a New York museum in a move the school said is aimed at preserving rare pieces of Tibetan culture for the Tibetan people, the school announced Tuesday.

On September 8 the U.S. Senate passed, by unanimous consent, a resolution honoring Tibet's Dalai Lama and welcoming him to the United States.

On the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Dalai Lama will offer a public teaching at Washington National Cathedral on cultivating peace as an antidote to violence.