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Wed 11 Nov 2008Tibetan refugees ready to face any danger to see the face of their spiritual leader
There is speculation that exiles might now harden their attitudes, writes Clifford Coonanin Dharamsala.
IT IS a long and dangerous trek from Tibet to the north Indian hill station of Dharamsala, but many Tibetans are willing to run the risk of being shot by border guards, abandoned by unscrupulous guides or dying of starvation or exposure in the mountains to get to see their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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