(29 Mar 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and other religious leaders arriving at Mahatma Gandhi memorial for multi-faith prayers
2. Buddhist monks in audience
3. Various of Dalai Lama at the memorial tossing rose petals
4. Cutaway of media
5. Various of Dalai Lama and other religious leaders putting a traditional Tibetan scarf on the memorial as a sacred Buddhist offering
6. Dalai Lama and other religious leaders praying then walking away from memorial
7. Wide of audience
8. Dalai lama leading Buddhist prayers
9. Tibetans holding flag
10. Hindu religious leader blowing a conch as Dalai Lama looks on
11. Multi-faith prayers in progress
12. Muslim religious leader chanting
13. Dalai Lama with other religious leaders
14. Buddhist monks among audience
15. Dalai Lama posing with Sikh religious leaders; holding a raised sword, a symbol of Sikh religion
16. Dalai Lama being greeted by other religious leaders
17. Tibetans offering prayers at Gandhi memorial
18. Dalai lama holding hands with other religious leaders
STORYLINE:
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama participated in a multi-faith prayer session at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial in New Delhi on Saturday.
The prayer meeting was held in the memory of all those who have been killed in the recent violence in Tibet.
The Tibet protests, led by monks, began peacefully March 10, on the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule.
Tibet had been effectively independent for decades before Chinese communist troops entered in 1950.
Beijing says 22 people have died in this month's protests; Tibetan exiles say almost 140 are dead.
The protests were the longest and most-sustained challenge to China's rule in the Himalayan region since 1989.
The ensuing crackdown by Chinese authorities has focused international attention on China's human rights record in the run-up to the Olympic Games.
The Dalai Lama raised concerns on Friday that China's portrayal of the protests in Lhasa was fanning the flames of ethnic conflict.
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