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By Pawan Sharma, Hindustan Times, November 29, 2004
Dharamsala, India -- THE INCREASING anxiety of Tibetans regarding the impending execution of their religious leader Tulku Tenzin Delek, manifested into a novel and creative method of protest on late Sunday evening.
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Nepalnews.com, November 29, 2004
Kathmandu, Nepal -- President of the International Buddhist Federation (IBF), Dr Lam, today appealed to the King, the government and the Maoist rebels to observe a weeklong cease-fire during the 2nd World Buddhist Summit slated for Nov 30 to Dec 2 in Lumbini, Lord Buddha's birthplace.
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Indo-Asian News Service, Nov 29, 2004
Kathmandu, Nepal -- A Buddhist monk from Vietnam who plans to hold a global peace meet at the spot where Buddha was born is asking the people of Nepal to end all violence.
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PTI, Nov 27, 2004
Varanasi, India -- Grand celebrations to commemorate the 2550th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha is being planned in 2006 with a series of lectures, cultural programmes and other events across the country and abroad.
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Phayul, November 28, 2004
Kathmandu Bhairahawa -- Preparations are at the last stage in Lumbini and its surrounding for the Second International Buddhist Summit that starts from Tuesday. Newly painted monasteries have given a fresh look to the historically and archeologically important town where Lord Buddha was born.
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Indo-Asian News Service, Nov 28, 2004
Kathmandu, India -- India's Minister of State for External Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh will arrive here Monday on a three-day visit to attend the Second World Buddhist Summit that begins Tuesday.
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By D. Amarasiri Weeraratne, The Island, Nov 26, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- An ola-leaf document called "Churnikapotha" at the Colombo archives contains details of a Kandyan Buddhist mission by royal emissaries to Arahan in Burma in the year 1693 A.D. The purpose was to get a chapter of monks from Burma to revive the Sinhalese order of Buddhist monks. It had disappeared due to the destruction of Buddhist monasteries and temples and the expulsion of Buddhist monks from the low country ruled by the Portuguese. The monks who fled to the Kandyan territory soon became corrupt and died out due to disturbed conditions of war with the Portuguese.
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TYC, November 25, 2004
Dhramsala, India -- As news spread from the TYC candle light vigil at Delhi on the 24th November, of the assurance given to the former defence minister of India, Mr. George Fernandes by the Chinese Embassy in India, of not executing Tulku Tenzin Delek, Dharamsala woke up on the 25th of November to the ?All India Relay Hunger Strike? under the banner of ?Release Tulku Tenzin Delek Now? campaign initiated by TYC.
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By Karma Choden, Kuensel Online, November 24, 2004
Timphu, Bhutan -- The four main structures consisting of a Tempa (Buddha) Thongdrel , namgay khangzang (altars), a statue of Lord Buddha and gomo rabsey (three pillars) will be the highlights of the Bhutanese pavilion at the World Exposition 2005 in Aichi, Japan.
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By AMY WALDMAN, New York Times, November 25, 2004
LEH, Ladakh (Kashmir, India) -- The young man wore Western clothes, but he paused as he passed the prayer wheel. Then, without self-consciousness, he mounted the steps and spun, circumambulating the wheel in search of good fortune.
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