Twelve teen-agers from Tibet are in Israel for a three-month program in leadership training, cultural preservation and democracy, said the Jerusalem Post. The program, funded by a company that markets Dead Sea cosmetics in the United States, stemmed from a suggestion made several years ago by the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader.
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