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Bush Urges China-Tibet Dialogue

Posted Mar 26, 08 10:15 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – President Bush called Chinese President Hu Jintao today and urged Beijing to begin talks with the Dalai Lama, the BBC reports. Bush also pressed for greater access to Tibet for journalists and diplomats, the White House said. China today allowed a small group of foreign reporters into Lhasa for the first time since protests began, but Tibetan monks  disrupted their tour of a temple with chants of "Tibet is not free," the AP notes.

The protesting monks also told reporters that the Dalai Lama had nothing to do with the recent unrest, despite Beijing's claims to the contrary. Government handlers tried to move journalists away when the monks appeared. "They want us to crush the Dalai Lama and that is not right," one monk said during the 15-minute outburst. About 30 monks were involved.

Sources BBC, Associated Press

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A protester holds a placard with a portrait of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a demonstration against the Beijing Olympics outside the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Switzerland.   (AP Photo/Keystone, Dominic Favre)
President Bush called on Chinese President Hu Jintao today to initiate a dialog with Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and grant reporters access to Tibet.   (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
President Bush called on China today to initiate a dialog with Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and grant reporters access to Tibet.   (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
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