McLeod Ganj, India, July 6, 2025 (AFP) - 'Simple Buddhist monk' Dalai Lama marks landmark 90th birthday

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2025-07-06
Calling himself a "simple Buddhist monk" who usually didn't celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by praying for peace after China insisted it would have final say on who succeeded the Tibetan spiritual leader. Chanting of red-robed monks and nuns rang out from Himalayan hilltop forested temples in India, home to the Dalai Lama since he and thousands of other Tibetans fled Chinese troops who crushed an uprising in their ca......
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