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31. news | 15 Apr 2013
Chinese go water-splashing mad
By AFP
» JINGHONG, China - Thousands of people armed with plastic water guns and buckets battled on the streets of a southwestern Chinese city Monday, drenching each other as part of an annual Buddhist-inspired festival.
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32. news | 05 Apr 2013
Pakistan courts Thai tourists
» Pakistan is not the first place that springs to mind as a likely holiday destination. But Pakistani officials are attempting to overcome the country’s negative image and promote its Buddhist cultural heritage, in a bid t...
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33. lifestyle | 29 Mar 2013
Master's month of dhamma
Newspaper section: Life
» Interested Buddhist practitioners should check out the calendar and make themselves available next month as the venerable Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village International Monastic Sangha are visiting Thailand with a li...
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34. news | 24 Mar 2013
False idols upset crusading Buddhists
By Richard S Ehrlich, Newspaper section: News
» A Buddhist group has successfully convinced a French factory to stop printing the Buddha's face on toilets, but failed in a lengthy campaign to censor a Walt Disney movie series featuring a dog named Buddha.
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35. learning | 19 Apr 2013
Ancient Thai History: Sacred sema stones in Isan
About history & religion
» Ancient Dvaravati city in Kalasin known for "sema stones" that mark boundary of Phra Ubosot (ordination halls for Buddhist monks).
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36. news | 24 Mar 2013
UN envoy surveys riot-hit Myanmar town
By AFP
» A United Nations envoy on Sunday surveyed the charred ruins of homes and met some of those displaced by deadly riots in Myanmar, as Buddhist and Muslim leaders urged an end to the religious violence.
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37. news | 28 Mar 2013
Myanmar president rejects religious extremism
By AFP
» Myanmar President Thein Sein on Thursday vowed a tough response to religious extremists after a wave of deadly Buddhist-Muslim violence in the former army-ruled nation.
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38. news | 29 Mar 2013
Sri Lanka boosts security after anti-Muslim attack
By AFP
» Elite police commandos patrolled a suburb of the Sri Lankan capital Friday after hundreds of rampaging Buddhist hardliners torched a Muslim-owned business in the latest in a series of mob attacks.
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39. news | 31 Mar 2013
Religious 'radicals' driving Myanmar unrest: experts
By AFP
» Two years after a repressive junta ceded power, Myanmar is grappling with a surge in religious extremism that experts trace to anti-Muslim "provocateurs" including radical Buddhist monks.
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40. learning | 06 Sep 2011
Pattani prison riot
General news
» A prison riot in Pattani Central Prison turned deadly yesterday as Buddhist and Muslim inmates clashed.
