Today's Picture: The Dalai Lama in Rome

November 19, 2009 RSS Feed Print
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By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at a Tibet conference in Rome yesterday as President Obama wrapped up his three day visit to China. Obama declined to meet with the Dalai Lama ahead of his trip to China, which opposes Tibet's attempts to become more autonomous.

(AP Photo / Gregorio Borgia)

The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhists' spiritual leader, attended a Tibet conference in Rome yesterday as President Obama wrapped up his three day visit to China. Obama declined to meet with the Dalai Lama before his trip to China, which opposes Tibet's attempts to become more autonomous.

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lrance of ND 9:29PM February 20, 2010

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Dan Gilgoff covers religion for U.S. News & World Report. He is the author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War, and is a former politics editor at beliefnet. E-mail Dan at godandcountry@usnews.com.

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