LONDON  - The Dalai Lama will receive the 2012 Templeton Prize, one of the world’s biggest monetary awards, in a ceremony at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London on May 14, organisers said Wednesday. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader will receive the £1.1 million ($1.8 million, ...

China on Tuesday accused the Dalai Lama of being behind a self-immolation protest by a Tibetan exile in India days before a visit by the Chinese president. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei offered no evidence linking the Tibetan spiritual leader to the exile who lit himself on fire and ...

DHARAMSHALA (AFP) - Lobsang Sangay, a 43-year-old Harvard scholar, took office Monday as head of the Tibetan government in exile, vowing to free his homeland from Chinese "colonialism". After being sworn in at a colourful ceremony in the Indian hill town of Dharamshala, Sangay warned China that the ...

BOCHUM (Germany) (AFP) - The Dalai Lama insisted Friday he was not seeking independence for Tibet, as he pressed ahead with Western tour. "We want to live in peace with our Chinese brothers and sisters," the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader told a news conference in the western city of Bochum on ...