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Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (R), signs a condolence book near a photograph of the late Pope John Paul II, as Vatican Ambassador Archbishop Quintana looks on at the Vatican Embassy
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama mourns the passing away of Pope John Paul II - International Campaign for Tibet
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