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Dalai Lama visit highlights India-China tensions

November 6, 2009 By The Associated Press MUNEEZA NAQVI (Associated Press Writers), RAVI NESSMAN (Associated Press Writers)

TAWANG, India (AP) — This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries Friday to prepare for the Dalai Lama's arrival, a trip highlighting the growing friction between China and India — two nuclear-armed giants vying for economic and political power in the region.

While a repeat of the 1962 border war between the two countries seems unlikely, the quarrel has underscored...

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