{"id":1988,"date":"2010-02-16T17:33:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T17:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2010\/02\/dalai-lama-says-hes-happy-to-m.php"},"modified":"2010-02-16T17:33:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T17:33:58","slug":"dalai-lama-says-hes-happy-to-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2010\/02\/dalai-lama-says-hes-happy-to-m","title":{"rendered":"Dalai Lama Says He’s Happy to Meet Obama this Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

DHARMSALA, India – The Dalai Lama says he is happy about meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington later this week.
\nThe Tibetan spiritual leader left for New Delhi on Tuesday from the northern Indian town of Dharmsala where he has lived since fleeing Tibet 50 years ago. He leaves Wednesday for Washington and is scheduled to meet the U.S. president Thursday.
\nThe Dalai Lama declined to take questions from reporters about the meeting.
\nChina has urged the U.S. to cancel the meeting, saying it would damage relations between Beijing and Washington.
\nChina accuses the Dalai Lama of pushing to free Tibet from Chinese rule, which he denies.
\nCopyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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