The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Frankfurt - The speaker of Germany's parliament acclaimed Israel on Wednesday as the only functioning democracy in the Middle East, but noted that the 60th anniversary of its foundation was marred by the lack of peace. Norbert Lammert was speaking ...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
... of the states of Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia, as well as the parliamentary president, Norbert Lammert. On Friday he is to speak on human rights in the western city of Bochum. China has protested against Monday's planned meeting with Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, accusing the Dalai Lama of backing Tibetan independence. A meeting last year with Chancellor Angela...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... Thursday with Hesse's Roland Koch and then North Rhine-Westphalia's Juergen Ruettgers - as well as Norbert Lammert, president of Germany's parliament.
China, which claims Tibet has been its territory for centuries, protests such meetings between foreign governments and the Dalai Lama. China has ruled the Himalayan region with a heavy hand since its communist-led forces invaded...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... Thursday with Hesse's Roland Koch and then North Rhine-Westphalia's Juergen Ruettgers - as well as Norbert Lammert, president of Germany's parliament.China, which claims Tibet has been its territory for centuries, protests such meetings between foreign governments and the Dalai Lama. China has ruled the Himalayan region with a heavy hand since its communist-led forces invaded in 1959.Upon...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... Thursday with Hesse's Roland Koch and then North Rhine-Westphalia's Juergen Ruettgers - as well as Norbert Lammert, president of Germany's parliament.China, which claims Tibet has been its territory for centuries, protests such meetings between foreign governments and the Dalai Lama. China has ruled the Himalayan region with a heavy hand since its communist-led forces invaded in 1959.Upon...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Steinmeier, a Social Democrat (SPD) sharply criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to meet Tibet's spiritual leader last September in Berlin, a move which angered Beijing and put relations between the countries on hold for months.The Dalai Lama, returns to Germany for a four-day visit starting May 16. He is due meet the president of the German parliament, Norbert Lammert in Bochum,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... with human rights as the main theme. He is due meet the president of the German parliament, Norbert Lammert in Bochum, and address the foreign affairs and human rights committees of the German parliament in Berlin. On the final day of the visit, May 19, the Dalai Lama plans to deliver a speech at the German capital's landmark Brandenburg Gate, a spokesman for the German Tibet Initiative...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... the Dalai Lama will meet several high-ranking politicians, including the Speaker of parliament Norbert Lammert. Steinmeier has so far refused to meet the Tibetan leader. Chancellor Merkel will not be in the country at the time of the visit but has said she will meet the Dalai Lama at a future date.
