Word: lin
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...SHIAO LIN, Taiwan) - The Dalai Lama said Taiwan should have "very close and unique links" with China but also enjoy democracy, as he arrived at a devastated village Monday to pray for victims of Taiwan's worst storm in 50 years...
...Kneeling on the ground above what was once the farming village of Shiao Lin, the Tibetan spiritual leader offered his prayers for the estimated 500 villagers who died in mudslides triggered by Typhoon Morakot in early August. The village is now an empty stretch of mud and scattered boulders...
...Shiao Lin, he put his palms together in prayer while a monk next to him recited a Buddhist sutra...
...Then he embraced two weeping relatives of Shiao Lin victims, holding their heads as he knelt on the ground and prayed...
...Some 50 former Shiao Lin residents had returned to welcome him, many wearing T-shirts with pictures of the village before the deadly mudslides...