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Dalai Lama Begins 5-Day Tour Of Southern California

LONG BEACH (AP) — The Dalai Lama is on a five-day tour of Southern California.

The Tibetan spiritual leader gives two talks on San Diego college campuses Wednesday. He will discuss climate change at University of California, San Diego, then appear at University of San Diego.

He addresses students at San Diego State University on Thursday and wraps up his visit with two days of appearances in Long Beach.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders greeted the Dalai Lama at the airport Tuesday.

The Dalai Lama arrived from Hawaii. After visiting Southern California, he goes to Chicago and Ottawa, Canada.

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