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 pay tribute to a "champion of peace". The honour was opposed China urges 'rational' protests ...
Frenchman jailed for Jordan slurs ...
French far-right leader sentenced ... 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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