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Sat 03 Mar 2007Chinese play down prospects of return by Dalai LamaCHINA:There was only a "slim chance" that the Dalai Lama would be allowed to return to Tibet, because the Tibetan spiritual leader was trying to promote independence for the remote Himalayan region, Tibet's provincial governor said yesterday.There have been negotiations between the Beijing government and the Dalai Lama's representatives to allow him back to the Chinese-ruled territory. The Dalai Lama (71) fled the capital, Lhasa, in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, nine years after communist troops entered Tibet.