Despite Dalai Lama's rebuff, Tibetan deputies urge him to stay on

The Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies on Friday approved a resolution by a 33-1 margin to advise the Dalai Lama to continue to serve as the political and spiritual leader of the government-in-exile. 

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