Buddhism Dalai Lama: The "Compassionate Defender" Who Is Tibet's Symbol Of Hope (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

[Neutral Singh]

Friend to kings and popes, presidents and paupers, the Dalai Lama has long been a symbol of hope for five million Tibetans living in exile or in their homeland occupied by China in 1950.

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