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Dalai Lama will drop by for chat with Jean

Thu, 2007-10-25 14:38 — ABN

Jack Aubry , CanWest News Service
Published: Thursday, October 25, 2007

OTTAWA - In what could be billed as a getting-to-know-you-better meeting, the Dalai Lama will drop in on Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean at Rideau Hall Monday during his visit to the nation's capital.

As a former CBC broadcaster, Jean interviewed the Nobel laureate during a visit he made to Canada in April 2004.

Marthe Blouin, a spokeswoman for Jean, said the afternoon meeting with the Dalai Lama is expected to last about 30 minutes and will be closed to the media. It is expected the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader will be coming from Parliament Hill where he is scheduled to sit down with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the three leaders of the Opposition and an all-party group of parliamentarians, in separate meetings.

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