Dalai Lama's Himalayan trip angers China

Muneeza Naqvi ASSOCIATED PRESS

Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town in which he first set foot five decades ago while fleeing Chinese ...

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