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By MANJEET SEHGAL WARRIOR, The Telegraph (India), November 23, 2004
Shimla, India -- The Dalai Lama has urged China to recognise Tibet?s cultural identity in the wake of Beijing?s apparent desire to get him to publicly accept both his homeland and Taiwan as parts of China.
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by JULIUS GOMES, The Telegraph (India) , Nov 24, 2004
Calcutta, India -- Encroachers are not leaving even temples in the city alone, if the situation at the 76-year-old Myanmar Buddhist Temple, the only one of its kind in Calcutta, is anything to go by.
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Phayul, November 22, 2004
Kathmandu, Nepal -- The second International Buddhist Conference, being organised in Lumbini from November 30 to December 2, will help in promoting religious tourism, various speakers said while speaking at a programme organised by Nepal Chamber of Commerce here today said.
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by ABDUL QADIR, TIMES NEWS NETWORK, NOVEMBER 22, 2004
GAYA, India -- After more than 12 years, the VHP has regained its lost ground in Bodh Gaya, the seat of Buddha's enlightenment. The organisation suffered a setback when Gyan Jagat, the Mahabodhi Temple superior priest, mysteriously left Bodh Gaya in 1992. Gyan Jagat had been part of the VHP think-tank and a member of its Marg Darshak Mandal.
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NT Bureau, Nov 22, 2004
The five- member group of Buddhists monks of Karyobingo Shomyo Research Group of Japan giving a lecture demonstration on the traditional Buddhist chant of Japan, 'Shomyo Chant', in Chennai yesterday.
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by Upali Rupasinghe, Lanka Daily News, Nov 22, 2004
New Delhi, India -- Around 2,500 Buddhist pilgrims from Sri Lanka are expected to visit India during the next 10 days to participate in the annual Katina Cheevara Dana ceremonies to be held in Buddhagaya and Sarnath.
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by THOMAS BELL, The Indian Express, November 19, 2004
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is not accustomed to leading the world in public health matters, but next month it will become the first country to ban tobacco sales outright.
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Phayul, November 19, 2004
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal has set a budget of 13 million Nepali rupees (about 180,000 US dollars) for the Second World Buddhist Summit slated for Nov. 30 - Dec. 2, organizers said here Friday.
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Press Trust of India, November 17, 2004
Itanagar, India -- A World Peace Park meant to achieve sustainable development of natural and human resources will be inaugurated at the strategically located Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh on November 19.
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Daily Times (AFP), Nov 19, 2004
NEW DELHI, India -- Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said on Thursday that Buddhist principles of ?mutual respect and peaceful co-existence? should guide relations between India and Pakistan.
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