1.   The Dalai Lamai is the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.

2.   Meanwhile, Tehran was equally active, fostering the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, under exiled Iraqi Shiite leader Hojjatoleslam Baqer al-Hakim.

3.   Two days later the exiled leader of the extreme French settlers in Algeria, George Bidault, returned to France.

4.   Among Buddhist leaders influential in the West, Thich Nhat Hanh ranks second only to the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.

5.   Beijing exercises tight control over Tibet and has little incentive to negotiate with the exiled religious leader.

6.   After he and House Speaker Newt Gingrich were denied entry into Tibet last March, Cox met with exiled Tibetan religious leader Dalai Lama in Washington.

7.   But an exiled leader of a group seeking independence for the region said his group had nothing to do with the explosion in Beijing.

8.   But he acknowledged a deep split in the dissident community and he criticized exiled Tiananmen Square student leaders who support the trade bill as naive.

9.   But it has tried to stamp out loyalty to the exiled religious leader, the Dalai Lama, leading to frequent conflict.

10.   China has left the door open to his return, asserting that he left to collect ritual instruments, but exiled leaders said he was fleeing religious restrictions.