Dalai Lama admitted to hospital
The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, has been admitted to a hospital in India with "abdominal discomfort".
Doctors have said there is no cause for concern after the 73-year-old cancelled two foreign trips having complained of fatigue.
The Dalai Lama is said to have been "cheerful" after reaching the hospital in Bombay, hospital spokesman Mohan Rajan said.
He added: "He has just been admitted for abdominal discomfort. Investigation will commence tomorrow morning and there is no cause for concern."
The exiled Tibetan leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner returned to his home in Dharamsala, northern India, on Sunday after a two-week visit to France, where he gave lectures on Buddhism and criticised Chinese policy in Tibet.
He was scheduled to travel to Mexico and the Dominican Republic, but doctors advised him to rest and have a thorough check-up, his aide Chhime Chhoekyapa said.
In France, the Dalai Lama criticised some aspects of Chinese rule over Tibet, the Himalayan country he fled in 1959 after an abortive uprising.
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