Dalai Lama throws up his hands on reaching accord with China

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In what the Associated Press calls "an unusually blunt statement," the Dalai Lama says he's given up trying to convince the Chinese government to allow greater autonomy for Tibet.

The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists said it's now up to the Tibetan people to decide their fate.

"The issue of Tibet is not the issue of the Dalai Lama alone," he said. "It is the issue of 6 million Tibetans. I have asked the Tibetan government-in-exile, as a true democracy in exile, to decide in consultation with the Tibetan people the future course of action."


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