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Says NewsI can’t wait to be a Chinese citizen, says the Dalai LamaIn his first big interview with a British paper since rioting broke out in Tibet on March 10, I had expected the Dalai Lama to be in a sombre mood. As the exiled leader of his nation, he has little enough to laugh about: around 200 Tibetans have lost their lives since the uprising in March and many more have been beaten or imprisoned by the Chinese.Read Full Article Tempus: Open planBarclays is wise, given the vascillating that has embarrassed its rivals, to refuse to rule out some kind of capital raising. The bank this morning admitted that its core equity Tier 1 capital ratio, which was already below the bank’s 5.25 per cent target at December, would fall even further, possibly to as low as 4.9 per cent according to analysts, by the half-year. Finance director Chris Lucas says that Barclays is "prepared to run ahead of targets or below, depending on circumstances". 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