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His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet walking from his palace to the main temple in McLeod Ganj, where thousands of devotees and followers gathered for his 3-day teachings, Dharamshala, H.P, India.

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Report: Dalai Lama lacking visa for South Africa trip
Wed 28 Sep 2011
Johannesburg - The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, had yet to receive a visa for South Africa to deliver a lecture next week at a ceremony marking the 80th birthday of fellow Nobel peace... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)

A Syrian man smokes as he passes a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic words reading:"Maker of surprises and victor against crisis," in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Sept. 18, 2011.

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Middle East Online
Veto threats spare Syria from sanctions call
Wed 28 Sep 2011
DAMASCUS - Western powers dropped calls for immediate sanctions against Syria at the UN Security Council in the face of veto threats from China and Russia, as activists reported more Syrian civilian... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)

Green leaf vegetables are very good for health as it contains adequate nutrients and vitamins needed for healthy living.

The Daily Telegraph Wed 28 Sep 2011
Vegetarian dating website rebuke: history of non meat eaters
A dating website for vegetarians has been reprimanded by advertising watchdogs because too many of its members eat meat. Here is a brief history of the Vegetarian Society. National Vegetarian Week has... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
Meat Online Photos Vegetarian Wikipedia: Vegetarianism

RIO VISTA, Calif. (Aug. 7, 2002)--Lt. Cmdr Kevin Raimer, Group San Francisco Operations officer, stay with the safe boat as Station Rio Vista crewmembers search a tule island on the Sacramento River for marijuana plants August 7, 2002. USCG photo by PA2 Matt Juillerat (84361) ( DRUG ENFORCEMENT (FOR RELEASE) )

Austin American Statesman Wed 28 Sep 2011
4 Americans get pot from US government
EUGENE, Ore. — The U.S. government considers marijuana among the world's most dangerous drugs, classifying it as a highly-addictive substance that has no medical use. But there's a catch: The... (photo: US Coastguard / PA2 Matt Juillerat)
Drug Health Photos Police Wikipedia: Cannabis (drug)

Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang, standing, proposes a political reform package for the election of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council in 2012 in the chamber of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong Wednesday, April 14, 2010. The Hong Kong government proposed electoral changes Wednesday that would continue to limit direct elections, reflecting Beijing's wary stance on democracy in this semiautonomous Chinese territory.

Herald Tribune Wed 28 Sep 2011
HK's No. 2 official quits, mulls leadership bid
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's second-highest ranking government official has resigned in a move widely seen as the first step in his campaign to be chosen the city's leader... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)
Campaign HongKong Photos Politics Wikipedia: Henry Tang

Speaking to the reporters about world peace and religious harmony: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Dharamshala, India

DNA India Wed 28 Sep 2011
Why China wants to become a Dalai Lama-making factory
A few days ago the Dalai Lama, from his monastery nestled in the Himalayan foot-hills in Dharamshala, took a major step to set at rest concerns of the Tibetan people... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Asia China DalaiLama Photos Tibet

President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Washington, as he returns from Camp David.

Boston Herald Wed 28 Sep 2011
Obama adviser anoints Warren
Consummate Beltway insider and Obama mastermind David Axelrod yesterday all but crowned Elizabeth Warren the U.S. Senate Democratic nominee nearly a year before... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
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File -Jorge Torres, of Ecuador, uses a bullhorn Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, in Newark, N.J., as he leads a large gathering of immigration advocacy groups on a march more than three miles across Newark to protest a proposed immigration detention facility that will likely be built in New Jersey.

The Los Angeles Times Wed 28 Sep 2011
Supreme Court to decide deportation issue
Reporting from Washington— The Supreme Court will decide whether the government is free to deport illegal immigrants who came to this country as children and whose... (photo: AP / Mel Evans)
Immigration Photos Politics Washington Wikipedia: Immigration reduction in the United States

Syrian students, look for souvenir items at a shop displaying a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic legend reads "We love you," in the old city of Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday Sept. 27, 2011.

Khaleej Times Wed 28 Sep 2011
EU powers circulate UN Syria draft resolution
UNITED NATIONS - Britain, France, Germany and Portugal on Tuesday circulated a new draft UN resolution condemning Syria that drops previous calls for immediate sanctions... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
Democracy Photos Syria UN

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wed 28 Sep 2011
Europe Nears Agreement on Bailout Fund That May Be Inadequate
PARIS -- Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, finds herself once again in the politically perilous position of balancing the future of Europe and its common currency... (photo: Creative Commons / Armin Kübelbeck)
Business Economy Finance Photos Wikipedia: Angela Merkel

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An anti-government protestor reacts during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Yemen's opposition parties said Sunday they are joining young protesters in their push to bring down the country's beleaguered president.

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Egyptian Wael Ghonim, center, a 30-year-old Google Inc. marketing manager who was a key organizer of the online campaign that sparked the first protest on Jan. 25, talks to the crowd in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. A young leader of Egypt's anti-government protesters, newly released from detention, joined a massive crowd of hundreds of thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square for the first time Tuesday, greeted by cheers, whistling and thunderous applause when he declared: "We will not abandon our demand and that is the departure of the regime."

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Catherine Ashton during her meeting with Israel's minister of defense Ehud Barak

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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet during Dr. Lobsang Sangay's swearing-in ceremony as the new political leader of Tibet at the main Tibetan Temple based in McLeod Ganj, Dharmshala, India, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. The Harvard-trained legal scholar has been sworn in as head of the Tibetan government in exile and is transferring as political leader of the exile movement.

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H.H. the Dalai Lama and Bishop Desmond Tutu, 2004. cg1

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A man is caught smoking in public place in Malaysia.

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Israeli earth-moving equipment works in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Netafim, near the West Bank village of Salfit, Monday, Sept. 27, 2010.

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FILE - This Aug. 3, 2011 file image taken from Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak,83, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him.

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