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Lanka Daily News, Nov 16, 2004
Viharadhipati, Sri Lanka -- Berlin Buddhist Viharaya Ven. Shastrapati Ratmale Punnaratana thera will lead a seven member Buddhist delegation from Germany to the fourth world Buddhist Congress to be held in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) from December 9 to 11 this year.
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by Wasantha Ramanayake, Lanka Daily News, Nov 16, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- The Supreme Court yesterday reserved the Judgment in the Fundamental Rights application against the sale of merchandised Buddha images filed by Ven. Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thera.
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Press Trust of India, Nov 15, 2004
Bangalore, India -- Around 150 Tibetans in exile commenced a five-day relay hunger strike here today, seeking the immediate release of Buddhist teacher Tulku Tenzin Delek, who, the Tibetan Youth Congress says, has been "falsely" implicated and sentenced to death by the Chinese government.
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By Amlan Home Chowdhury, Mid-Day (India), November 15, 2004
Bodh Gaya, India -- Carbon monoxide (CO) is threatening the existence of the two supreme symbols of Buddhism. The thousands of earthen-cum-metallic lamps, candles and incense sticks burning around the Bo tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya and within the premises of Mahabodhi Mahavihara are under threat from the poisonous gas.
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Press Trust of India, November 14, 2004
Kolkata, India -- The North-East Zonal Tibetan Youth Congress Committee today sought India's support in securing the release of Tulku Tenzin Delek, a highly respected lama who has been sentenced to death by the Chinese authorities.
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Mosnews.com, November 11, 2004
Dharmsala, India -- Tibet?s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, would be happy to travel to Russia on a pastoral visit provided Moscow gave him a visa of its own accord the Reuters news agency reports, citing a spokesman for the Tibetan government-in-exile.
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Indo-Asian News Service, Nov 11, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's all-Buddhist monk party has said it would support and join the government's peace council only after the Tamil Tiger rebels accept the territorial integrity and legal framework of the country, Xinhua reports.
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Indo-Asian News Service, Nov 10, 2004
Patna, India -- Monks will use information technology tools like the Internet to spread Buddhism in Muslim-dominated countries of Southeast Asia.
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INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST INFORMATION BUREAU, Nov 10, 2004
Bodhgaya, India -- Representatives of the Vietnamese Buddhist Youth Movement (Gia Dinh Phat Tu Viet Nam) from the USA, Canada, Europe and Australia gathering in Bodhgaya, India, for the Festival of the World Movement of Vietnamese Buddhist Youth from 7-9 November 2004, issued two Resolutions protesting the Vietnamese government?s ban on 21 Buddhist Youth leaders in Vietnam from attending the Festival, and reaffirming their movement?s unwavering support for the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) in its peaceful struggle for religious freedom and human rights in Vietnam.
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ColomboPage News Desk, November 8, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- The Ven Elle Gunawansa Thera expressed disapproval over the use Buddhist symbols and terms in political campaigns.
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