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Foreign journos gagged for Dalai Lama's visit

Sat, 2009-11-07 05:43 — Robyn

New Delhi: The government has called the Dalai Lama the country’s honoured guest, but when the Tibetan spiritual leader visits Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday foreign journalists will not be welcome.

CNN-IBN learns the government has still not cleared the applications made by 36 foreign journalists for inner line permits required to enter Arunachal Pradesh. These include journalists from the BBC, Newsweek, and a French documentary team.

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