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Dalai Lama Cancels Trips Due to 'Exhaustion'

Spiritual leader takes rest after months of traveling the globe

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(Newser) – Citing "exhaustion," the Dalai Lama has canceled plans to travel, the AP reports. A spokesman said the Tibetan spiritual leader would not go to Mexico and the Dominican Republic, and instead would rest and undergo medical tests for the next three weeks. The 73-year-old has had an intense few months since the Lhasa protests in March, and he recently finished an 11-day trip through France.

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, bow at the inauguration of the Buddhist Lerab Ling temple in southern France, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, bow at the inauguration of the Buddhist Lerab Ling temple in southern France, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Pascal Guyot, Pool)
In this file photo dated Aug. 13, 2008, the Dalai Lama leaves a Paris hotel after a news conference.
In this file photo dated Aug. 13, 2008, the Dalai Lama leaves a Paris hotel after a news conference.   (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is seen during the consecration ceremony of the Lerab Ling temple, in Roqueredonde, southern France, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is seen during the consecration ceremony of the Lerab Ling temple, in Roqueredonde, southern France, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
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