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                    Obama to Host Dalai Lama at White House

   U.S. President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama Friday at the
   White House as the United States urges China to reopen talks with the
   exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
   The White House says Mr. Obama is meeting the Dalai Lama in his
   capacity as a respected religious and cultural leader.
   A statement says the United States supports what it calls the Dalai
   Lama`s "middle way" approach of neither assimilation nor independence
   for Tibetans in China.
   The U.S. recognizes Tibet to be a part of China. While Washington does
   not back Tibetan independence, it is concerned over what it says is the
   deteriorating human rights situation in Tibetan areas of China.
   The White House calls on China to reopen talks with the Dalai Lama or
   his representatives with no preconditions.
   Mr. Obama has met with the Dalai Lama twice before -- in 2010 and 2011.
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