Dalai Lama 'stable' in hospital, cancels travel, meetings

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MUMBAI (AFP) — Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is in a stable condition and there is no cause for concern over his health, his aides and the private Indian hospital to which he was admitted said Friday.

The 73-year-old leader was taken to hospital in Mumbai on Thursday after complaining of "abdominal discomfort," according to his aides.

"A team of doctors at Lilavati Hospital conducted several tests and said His Holiness was suffering from fatigue," the Dalai Lama's spokesman Tenzin Takhla told AFP in Dharamashala, the base of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

"The latest is that all medical tests are over as of now and all is fine... He is just fatigued and needs rest as much as possible," Takhla said.

The official said the 1989 Nobel...