The Paris city council has voted to award honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama as anti-French protests continue in China.
Socialist Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said the French capital wished to Olympic torch relay begins in Kuala Lumpur ...
Germany slams Bush's climate speech ... pay tribute to a "champion of peace". The honour was opposed by the party of President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been trying to smooth out tense relations with Beijing following a chaotic Olympic torch relay in Paris two weeks ago. Chinese protesters have been picketing outlets of the French supermarket Carrefour, accusing it of supporting the Dalai Lama.
(Deutsche Welle)
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