Dalai Lama's health OK; can resume overseas travel

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has been cleared to resume international travel after a medical checkup showed he has recovered from a recent abdominal ailment, his spokesman said.

"He is fine. He'll be starting his international travels at the end of this month," Tenzin Taklha said in New Delhi.

The Dalai Lama underwent the medical examination in the Indian capital of New Delhi as a follow-up to his hospitalization in August in Mumbai for abdominal discomfort.

The 73-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader will return Thursday to the north Indian hill town of Dharamsala, where he lives in exile, the spokesman said.