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Indian television says Dalai Lama has begun contentious visit to town near Tibetan frontier, AS

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TAWANG, India (AP) Indian television says Dalai Lama has begun contentious visit to town near Tibetan frontier.

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Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet, AS AP - Sat, Nov 7
TAWANG, India (AP) The Dalai Lama has arrived in the northeastern Indian town of Tawang for a five-day visit that has heightened tensions between India and China.
Thousands throng Indian town for Dalai Lama visit, AS AP - Sat, Nov 7
TAWANG, India (AP) Thousands of devout Buddhists poured into this remote Indian mountain town on Saturday, arriving in packed trucks or on foot after trekking for miles along narrow paths for a rare chance to glimpse the Dalai Lama.
Dalai Lama visit highlights India-China tensions, AS AP - Fri, Nov 6
TAWANG, India (AP) This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries Friday to prepare for the Dalai Lama's arrival, a trip highlighting the growing friction between China and India two nuclear-armed giants vying for economic and political power in the region.
Bus plunges down gorge in north India, killing 32, AS AP - Fri, Nov 6
DHARMSALA, India (AP) An official says a crowded bus has plunged down a steep mountain gorge in northern India, killing 32 people.
Official says bus plunges down gorge in north India, killing at least 32 people, AS AP - Fri, Nov 6
DHARMSALA, India (AP) Official says bus plunges down gorge in north India, killing at least 32 people.
Remote Indian state readies for Dalai Lama visit, AS AP - Fri, Nov 6
TAWANG, India (AP) Buddhist monks and nuns spruced up their monasteries and hung up welcome banners Friday in anticipation of the Dalai Lama's contentious visit to this remote Indian town near the Tibetan frontier.
South Korea OK's India free trade agreement, AS AP - Fri, Nov 6
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korea on Friday ratified a free trade deal with India that promises to slash tariffs on goods and services between two of Asia's biggest economies.
India restricts coverage of Dalai Lama's visit, AS AP - Thu, Nov 5
NEW DELHI (AP) The Indian government has refused to allow foreign journalists to cover the Dalai Lama's visit to a disputed border region with China in the country's northeast.
India bars journalists from covering Dalai Lama's visit to disputed border region with China, AS AP - Thu, Nov 5
NEW DELHI (AP) India bars journalists from covering Dalai Lama's visit to disputed border region with China.
8 children drown in Indian boat accident, AS AP - Wed, Nov 4
NEW DELHI (AP) Police say eight children have drowned after a boat carrying at least 35 students capsized in southern India.
Police say 8 children drown as boat capsizes in India; rescuers search for 27 others, AS AP - Wed, Nov 4
NEW DELHI (AP) Police say 8 children drown as boat capsizes in India; rescuers search for 27 others.
Asia stocks rise as China growth forecast upgraded AP - Wed, Nov 4
BANGKOK (AP) Asian stocks recovered Wednesday after two days of losses as the World Bank upped its growth forecasts for China's economy and stronger commodities prices lifted the region's powerhouse resource companies.
Asian stock markets slide amid US recovery doubts AP - Mon, Nov 2
TOKYO (AP) Asian stock markets fell Monday after grim news about American consumers sewed more doubts about the strength of the U.S. economic recovery and sent Wall Street tumbling last week.
11 die in train accident in India, AS AP - Sun, Nov 1
LUCKNOW, India (AP) Eleven people are dead after a train slammed into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in northern India.
Rebels kill 1 police officer in Indian Kashmir, AS AP - Sun, Nov 1
SRINAGAR, India (AP) Suspected Islamist rebels shot two police officers at point-blank range Sunday in the Indian portion of Kashmir, killing one instantly, police said.
Police say 11 people die as train hits truck at unmanned railway crossing in India, AS AP - Sun, Nov 1
LUCKNOW, India (AP) Police say 11 people die as train hits truck at unmanned railway crossing in India.
Bush: 'Tyranny' if militants retake Afghanistan, AS AP - Sat, Oct 31
NEW DELHI (AP) Former President George W. Bush warned Saturday that "the world would face serious threats" if the resurgent Taliban and al-Qaida are allowed to retake control of Afghanistan.
Profit up as ICICI Bank prepares to grow lending, AS AP - Fri, Oct 30
MUMBAI, India (AP) ICICI Bank Ltd., India's largest private bank, said Friday that quarterly profit inched up, as it continued to restructure its deposit portfolio and prepared to start lending more money in the face of rising demand and stabilizing bad loans.
Bharti Airtel misses profit as price war brews, AS AP - Fri, Oct 30
MUMBAI, India (AP) Bharti Airtel Ltd. reported a lower-than-expected profit Friday as a brewing price war among India's mobile operators depresses margins and threatens to erode the market share of India's largest mobile telephone company.