With China upping the ante over the Dalai Lama issue, President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh skipped the four-day Global Buddhist Conference that began Sunday with the chanting of prayers to mark the 2,600th year of Buddha's enlightenment.
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