Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama

Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama (C) greets followers at Raj Ghat, The Memorial to Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on March 29, 2008, after attending a public inter-faith prayer meeting for those who lost their lives in Tibet. Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Jain leaders offered prayers along with the Dalai Lama and hundreds of Tibetans and their supporters at the cremation spot of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian capital.The religious leaders and Tibet supporters also paid tribute to Gandhi, who was cremated at the spot in 1948 after being assassinated by a Hindu fanatic. US President George W. Bush has for the first time publicly pressed China to hold talks with representatives of Tibet's spiritual leader after raising concerns over the bloody turmoil in the Himalayan territory. .AFP PHOTO/PEDRO UGARTE (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images)