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The chairman of China's state-controlled Buddhist Association has repudiated both the Dalai Lama and the outlawed Falungong spiritual movement, state media reported Tuesday.

Chinese authorities in parts of Tibet are detaining and questioning people gathering in groups suspected of discussing the execution of one Tibetan and a death sentence handed down to a senior Tibetan monk in connection with a series of bombings, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.

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China has detained two Tibetan businessmen for allegedly leaking information to the foreign media about the closed trial of two other Tibetans, according to Human Rights Watch.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, walks out for a prayer meeting in Dharamsala, India, Tuesday. - AP | Angus McDonald

The Dalai Lama on Tuesday led Tibetans in prayers aimed at minimizing suffering if war comes to Iraq. Speaking in Dharmsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile, the Dalai Lama said a U.S.-led attack was all but inevitable.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that differences in opinion must be resolved through dialogue and discussion rather than settling them by waging wars. His Holiness the Dalai Lama said wars produce temporary victors and temporary losers

Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, Special Envoy of the Dalai Lama, reads the Dalai Lama's March 10 statement in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC

Forty-four years after fleeing Tibet, the Dalai Lama released his annual March 10 statement from Dharamsala, India, where he resides in exile, today on the anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day.

Exiled Tibetans living in India burn Chinese flags during a protest in New Delhi, March 10, 2003. The rally was organized on the last day of a ten-day long march from Dharamsala, home of the Dalai Lama, to create awareness about Tibetan problems and China's policy towards Tibetans. Photo by Kamal Kishore