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  • Breathing in the Buddha 23 Dec 2009 18:57 GMT
    ... Alan Brigish. is "a photographic exploration of Buddhist life in Indochina," and it documents a ... city and countryside in that elusive country, Burma. (The old name has a resonance for me ... for me personally that the new one, Myanmar, seems to lack. Perhaps it's the bad ...

  • ACT Appeal: Cyclone Nargis Rehabilitation, REVISION 3, Myanmar 23 Dec 2009 13:21 GMT
    ... May 2008 a massive cyclone (Nargis) hit Myanmar (Burma) affecting the lives of approximately 24 million ... revised on 19 December 2008 to include Church World Service Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS P/A) - proposing ...

  • | Christians provide Karen refugees' only food source 15 Dec 2009 14:15 GMT
    ... people group ruthlessly hunted by Buddhist and Burmese armies. VBB delivered God's Word to their ... Karen people--some of the most persecuted in Burma. Over half of the Karen are reported ... several church partners and orphanage programs in Myanmar. Land farther away from the Burma border ...

  • Christians provide Karen refugees' only food source 15 Dec 2009 14:34 GMT
    ... people group ruthlessly hunted by Buddhist and Burmese armies. VBB delivered God's Word to their ... Karen people--some of the most persecuted in Burma. Over half of the Karen are reported ... several church partners and orphanage programs in Myanmar. Land farther away from the Burma border ...

  • Ministry reports thousands of Karen deaths in Myanmar 24 Dec 2009 18:50 GMT
    ... Ministry reports thousands of Karen deaths in Myanmar Atrocities are mounting in Burma--the country now known as Myanmar. Thousands of ... it's genocide. "I heard one of the Burmese generals say, 'By the year 2010' (which ...

  • | Ministry reports thousands of Karen deaths in Myanmar 24 Dec 2009 18:56 GMT
    ... Ministry reports thousands of Karen deaths in Myanmar Atrocities are mounting in Burma--the country now known as Myanmar. Thousands of ... it's genocide. "I heard one of the Burmese generals say, 'By the year 2010' (which ...

  • Pakistan Christians celebrate Christmas in fear 24 Dec 2009 12:20 GMT
    ... and Pakistan's prime minister, and highlighted how religious extremism has left the country's minority groups ... groups increasingly vulnerable. Christians - Protestants and Catholics among them - make up less than ... for minorities, after Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar and Congo. The government stresses it is ...

  • Christians targeted in anti-minority violence in Pakistan celebrate Christmas in fear 24 Dec 2009 12:36 GMT
    ... and Pakistan's prime minister, and highlighted how religious extremism has left the country's minority groups ... groups increasingly vulnerable. ChristiansProtestants and Catholics among them — make up less than ... for minorities, after Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar and Congo. The government stresses it is ...

  • Burmese refugees spread holiday spirit with song 22 Dec 2009 11:56 GMT
    ... circumstances they left behind, a dozen new Burmese refugees lifted their voices Monday in the ... a predominantly Christian ethnic group from the Burma region bordering India, and the songs were ... who fled his homeland, also known as Myanmar, in 2004 and was in the vanguard ...

  • Pakistan Christians celebrate Christmas in fear 24 Dec 2009 12:22 GMT
    ... and Pakistan's prime minister, and highlighted how religious extremism has left the country's minority groups ... the country's minority groups increasingly vulnerable. and Catholics among them—make up less than 5 percent ... for minorities, after Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar and Congo. The government stresses it is ...

  • Burma: Clinton Should Press for Release of Burmese-American 18 Dec 2009 23:13 GMT
    ... Burma’s continued detention of a US citizen doesn’t ... publicly call for the release of imprisoned Burmese rights activist and US citizen Kyaw Zaw ... Kyaw Zaw Lwin, currently on trial in Burma on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch ...

  • Burma: Is Something Better Than Nothing? 15 Dec 2009 18:10 GMT
    ... We're just days away from 2010 - a defining year for Burma, as we witness the opposition composed of ... be legitimized by its phony elections. The Burmese regime has claimed to hold a new ...

  • ASIA/MYANMAR - Evangelizing the mountain peoples: a new challenge for the Bishop of Hpa-An 16 Dec 2009 13:00 GMT
    ... ASIA/MYANMAR - Evangelizing the mountain peoples: a new ... various dioceses in Myanmar, many priests and religious, and thousands of lay faithful. A great ... and other indigenous groups. The number of Catholics is 20,781. There are 12 parishes, 15 ...

  • Beliefs; The development of modern Buddhism is traced to a mix of Eastern and Western influences. 19 Dec 2009 07:32 GMT
    ... viewed as the most modern of world religions. Nontheistic, nondogmatic, nonviolent, emphasizing individual practice rather ... intellectuals from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Thailand, Burma (now Myanmar), China and Japan created this modern Buddhism. ...

  • Saudi Arabia, Egypt among restrictive on religion: study 16 Dec 2009 23:22 GMT
    ... whose governments impose the most curbs on religion, according to a report on Wednesday by the ... It also included China and mostly Buddhist Myanmar. No. 1 oil exporter and U.S. Middle ... be contrary to the sacred religion of Islam'". China was cited for restrictions on Buddhism ...


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