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Tuesday, 01 November 2011

Dalai Lama Says: Japan Has Courage, Resilience to Move On

Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. Dharamshala: - Sharing suffering with Japanese people affected by the recent natural disasters, the spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Monday 31st October, praised their resilience to rebuild their nation from even from ashes as they did after the second world war. On his fourth day visiting Japan (Tuesday, 1st November), over 900 Japanese devotees received the preliminary Vajradhateshvari empowerment (Tib: Doying...

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China launches Shenzhou 8 ahead of space docking test The Star

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Greece to hold referendum on Europe debt deal The Los Angeles Times

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UN Security Council concern over Libya arms stockpile BBC News

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European debt crisis claims first US fin co The Times of India

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Palestine becomes UNESCO member Khaleej Times

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