Dalai Lama visit near Tibet galls China
Posted: November 9, 2009 at 2:31 a.m.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and Arunachal Pradesh state Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu (left) wave to media as they arrive at the Tawang monastery in Tawang in northeastern India Sunday.
Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town he first set foot in five decades ago while fleeing Chinese rule in his native Tibet — a rare trip close to his homeland that has angered Beijing.
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