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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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Story by SANITSUDA EKACHAI, The Bangkok Post, Nov 9, 2004
Lumbini, Nepal -- Encouraged by political openness and spurred by a yearning for peace, more and more Nepalis are finding the confidence to openly declare themselves Buddhist in the land where the Buddha was born.
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The Himalayan Times, November 8, 2004
Bhairahawa, Nepal -- Preparations for the Second World Buddhist Summit, which is scheduled to start on November 30, are on the final stage, the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) said today.
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by Tenzin Yangdak, Times of Tibet, Nov 9, 2004
Karnataka, India -- There are 5 major Tibetan Settlements situated in Southern Indian state of Karnataka, since mid sixties and seventies. There were over forty five thousand Tibetans, including monks and nuns, in those settlements.
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by L. B. Wijeyasiri, Lanka Daily News, Nov 6, 2004
Kandy, Sri Lanka -- Bhikkhu's getting involved in politics would weaken their interest in education. Lack of knowledge and the decrease of interest in educational research has brought about this deplorable situation, said Most Ven. Thibbotuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala Mahanayake Thera of the Malwatte Mahavihara Chapter.
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by Upali Rupasinghe, Lanka Daily News, Nov 8, 2004
Buddha Gaya, India -- India's President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has accepted a proposal made by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga to implement a joint programme to develop Buddhagaya in India and Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka.
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