Tibet monks in pain on 'happiness' visit


	Tibet monks in pain on 'happiness' visit

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3-26-2008 4:55 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ffffcc;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ecf26407-705e-48aa-97fa-e93d00e3f434/B5549597-9F27-44B7-B409-F9D1AAB4C2DA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10500383" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10500383" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nzherald.co.nz</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10500383"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nzherald.co.nz/img/4C853D8A-CFD3-4F0A-B4AA-BBB9779D1ED5" alt="Indian-based exiles Sonem Toshi (left) and Yeshe Jampa work on a sand mandala during their visit to to NZ. 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