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  • Myanmar refugees find spiritual ally in cultural maze 30 Dec 2009 09:19 GMT
    ... mail to Karen families. (FBC)—They escaped the jungles of Asian country once known as Burma a persecuted people, fearing death from a hostile and Buddhist dominated Myanmar government. After living in refugee camps for years, many young Karen are starting families ...

  • Buddhist Monastery Opens in Bowling Green 3 Jan 2010 03:52 GMT
    ... Saturday in Bowling Green as a new Buddhist temple opens in the community. For about ... Green, there are hundreds of people from Burma, known more recently as Myanmar, so the International Burmese Monks Organization thought ...

  • Korean Buddhists (Quietly) Helping Their Neighbors 30 Dec 2009 19:50 GMT
    ... leader of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. There are approximately 15 million members and ... old and damaged school facility; and in Myanmar, Good Hands rebuilt a school and provided ...

  • Top Buddhism stories of 2009 30 Dec 2009 22:55 GMT
    ... the possibilities for the year to come. Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh has an enormous ... that have been denied the people of Myanmar by the Burmese dictatorship. The resistance movement is reputed to ...

  • Revealing Buddhism's secrets 1 Jan 2010 09:02 GMT
    ... Khmer monks meet Burmese nuns in 4Faces’ latest photography exhibition. JANOS ... and end. The unifying theme will be Buddhism and spirituality – and it’s not really ...

  • A permanent solution to Rohingya issue 2 Jan 2010 05:11 GMT
    ... independent and sovereign monarchy ruled by Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims. According to A. P Phayer ... of the refugees have been repatriated to Burma, but approximately 20,000 remain in the UNHCR ... Teknaf, live 6,000 Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar (Burma). They live in terrible conditions in ...

  • Rohingya refugees refuse repatriation 30 Dec 2009 23:13 GMT
    ... Bangladesh’s plans to repatriate 9,000 Myanmar Muslim refugees to their homeland hit trouble ... deal. Since then, thousands of Rohingyas from Buddhist-majority Myanmar’s northern Rakhaine state have streamed across ...

  • Refugee's freedom has a price 3 Jan 2010 12:05 GMT
    ... investigated and detained.” A military dictatorship in Burma has for decades had its hand on ... one word—stands barely 5 feet tall. A Buddhist, he is reed-thin, with buzz-cut black hair. ... Myothant went to Europe to speak for Burmese independence. He remains a model for some ...

  • Donn Esmonde: Refugee's freedom has a price 3 Jan 2010 18:12 GMT
    ... investigated and detained.” A military dictatorship in Burma has for decades had its hand on ... one word—stands barely 5 feet tall. A Buddhist, he is reed-thin, with buzz-cut black hair. ... Myothant went to Europe to speak for Burmese independence. He remains a model for some ...

  • Afloat on River Kwai 2 Jan 2010 21:12 GMT
    ... The river rises in the mountains bordering Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand. It traverses limestone gorges and ... they are known for introducing writing and Buddhism. More than 100,000 are in communities across ...

  • Rohingya Refugees: Who to Save our Future? 27 Dec 2009 15:31 GMT
    ... Rohingya refugees are Burmese Muslims, who were epelled because of their ... Of this figure, 62,000 are refugees from Burma, comprising 28,100 Chin, 16,100 Rohingya, 3,700 Burmese ... partnered with a non-governmental organization, the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu-Chi Foundation, opened five new education centers ...

  • Locals tortured following Karen defection 4 Jan 2010 10:37 GMT
    ... 2010 (DVB)–A pro-junta Karen army in eastern Burma have kidnapped a village chief and tortured ... opposition group, locals say. The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) have accused villagers in Kyar ... that around 40 DKBA troops and 60 Burmese army troops arrived at the village on ...

  • Sri Lanka: The Merciless Rajapaksha Regime Must Find Its Way Out 29 Dec 2009 21:22 GMT
    ... violations involving the pseudo non-violent and vegetarian Buddhist Goatabhaya when he was serving as Lt ... Rumanian dictator Nicolae Ceauºescu’s rule. Worshiping the Buddha status and his other murderous mission to ... in the Chinese, Pakistani, Russian, Iranian or Myanmar regimes following the political reversal they are ...

  • Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh refuse repatriation 30 Dec 2009 12:46 GMT
    ... official, Mirajul Quayes, said Tuesday that neighbouring Myanmar had agreed to take back 9,000 refugees ... deal. Since then, thousands of Rohingyas from Buddhist-majority Myanmar's northern Rakhaine state have streamed across ...

  • Kushinagar airport plan put on hold 1 Jan 2010 08:50 GMT
    ... boost tourism and regional development in the Buddhist circuit, the state government has proposed the ... Kushinagar to cater to tourists from Japan, Myanmar, Korea, China, Thailand, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. ...


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