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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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PARIS | Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:59am EST

PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy will not put off a meeting with the Dalai Lama in Poland next month despite Beijing's displeasure over the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's contacts with European leaders, the French government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Earlier, the French EU presidency said China had postponed a summit with the European Union scheduled for next Monday due to plans for the Dalai Lama to visit European leaders and institutions.

French government spokesman Luc Chatel said Sarkozy was "free to decide his own agenda" and would meet the Dalai Lama at a ceremony with Nobel Peace Prize winners in Poland in December.

(Reporting by Emmanuel Jarry; writing by James Mackenzie)
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