PARIS HONOR DALAI LAMA HONORARY CITIZENSHIP

Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe conferred the city's honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama today. "I receive this distinction as a human being to defend human values, peace and non-violence" The Dalai Lama had been named an honorary citizen of Paris on April 22, 2008, four months before the Beijing Olympics, a decision that enraged Chinese authorities.
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