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Tibetan Leader Dalai Lama Turns 70

HeadlineJul 06, 2005

And the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama turns 70 years old today. To mark the occasion thousands of pilgrims have journeyed over the Himalayas from Chinese-occupied Tibet to the Indian city of Dharamsala. The Dalai Lama has lived in exile from Tibet since he was 23 years old.

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