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Clinton to meet Dalai Lama: State Dept

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet with the Dalai Lama, separate from the exiled Tibetan leader's visit to the White House that has angered China, the State Department says.

Clinton will meet with the Dalai Lama at the State Department on Thursday, the same day that the 74-year-old monk goes to the White House to see President Barack Obama, department spokesman Mark Toner said on Wednesday.

"She has met with the Dalai Lama before and looks forward to the opportunity to do so again," Toner told reporters.

"The Dalai Lama is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, internationally revered religious and cultural leader and the secretary will meet him in this capacity as recent secretaries of state have done," he said.

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