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Muslims detained in Thai Buddhist burning death - Judeoscope.ca


Gulf TimesMuslims detained in Thai Buddhist burning deathJudeoscope.ca, Canada - 4 hours agoThe Thai army has detained 11 Muslim men suspected of involvement in an attack on a Buddhist woman who was shot and burned alive in the strife-torn ...Muslims detained in Thai Buddhist burning death ...>

Confusion over Wesak celebration with two full moons in May - New Straits Times


Confusion over Wesak celebration with two full moons in MayNew Straits Times, Malaysia - 1 hour agoThe New Straits Times office here has received numerous calls from Buddhist readers who claimed that the government had got it wrong when it gazetted May 1 ... ...>

It's hardly cricket, old man - Index on Censorship


Index on CensorshipIt's hardly cricket, old manIndex on Censorship, UK - 35 minutes agoDias criticises the way the Sinhalese speaking Buddhist ethnic majority have co-opted cricket as part of their wider nationalist campaign and how they have ... ...>

It's hardly cricket, old man - Index on Censorship


Index on CensorshipIt's hardly cricket, old manIndex on Censorship, UK - 2 hours agoDias criticises the way the Sinhalese speaking Buddhist ethnic majority have co-opted cricket as part of their wider nationalist campaign and how they have ... ...>

Thailand hopes holy sour candy - France24


Thailand hopes holy sour candyFrance24, France - 58 minutes agoThai police on Monday started distributing "super sour" sweets blessed by a Buddhist abbot in the hope of curbing road accidents by keeping motorists awake ... ...>

Asian Lives: Japanese nun looks - France24


South Asian Women's ForumAsian Lives: Japanese nun looksFrance24, France - 1 hour agoJakucho Setouchi, an 84-year-old Japanese Buddhist nun and novelist, has won a number of literature awards -- most recently the Emperor's Order of Culture. ...Asian Lives: Japanese nun looks back o ...>

Myanmar border clashes claim 17 lives - Peninsula On-line


Myanmar border clashes claim 17 livesPeninsula On-line, Qatar - 25 minutes agoMyanmar troops and its allied militia, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), raided three outposts of the Karen National Union (KNU) in the Karen State ... ...>

New airport to reflect multi-culture - Daily News & Analysis


PakTribune.comNew airport to reflect multi-cultureDaily News & Analysis, India - 39 minutes agoMusharraf said linking the airport with the Buddhist civilisation was aimed at projecting Pakistan as a moderate Islamic and multi-cultural country. ...Ground-breaking of Modern Airport in Islama ...>

Thousands greet yogi, aged 4 - TODAYonline


Thousands greet yogi, aged 4TODAYonline, Singapore - 2 hours agoMore than 10000 people have turned up at 11 Buddhist temples and landmarks across the island to greet and seek blessings from four-year-old Tenzin Phuntsok ... ...>

Wickremesinghe’s empty pocket filled with his horror-scope - Asian Tribune


Wickremesinghe’s empty pocket filled with his horror-scopeAsian Tribune, Thailand - 1 hour agoHis denigration of the Sinhala-Buddhist majority at the World Pess Freedom Day is typical of Wickremesinghe trying to suck up to the Western audiences to ... ...>