Dalai Lama rejects pleas to reconsider retirement
March 18, 2011 00:00:00
DHARAMSHALA, India, Mar 17: The Dalai Lama rejected on Thursday calls from the Tibetan parliament in exile urging him to reconsider his decision to retire as political head of the movement. The 75-year-old spiritual leader announced last week that he wanted to shed his role as political chief of the government-in-exile and hand his responsibilities to the next prime minister, who will be elected Sunday. -AFP
