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Pelosi Hails Dalai Lama in India

Posted Mar 21, 08 5:04 AM CDT in Politics,  World 

(Newser) – Nancy Pelosi visited the Dalai Lama today in the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile, where the speaker of the House blasted Chinese "oppression" and expressed her support for the Tibetan people. "The situation in Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the world,” Pelosi said to an audience of thousands of Tibetan exiles in Dharamsala, India, reports AFP.

Although Pelosi's visit was part of a previously scheduled trip to India, it will further irk the Chinese government, which was embarrassed when the Dalai Lama was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest award, last October. The Tibetan government-in-exile is at odds with the Chinese government over recent uprisings: Beijing says just four protesters have been killed in "self-defense," while Dharamsala reports 99.

Sources AFP, BBC

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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi greet each other at a public reception at the Namgayal complex in Dharamsala, India, Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi look on during a public reception at the Namgayal complex in Dharamsala, India, Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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