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  • Tibetan nun dies in self-immolation attempt

    BEIJING (AFP) - A Tibetan nun who last week set fire to herself in protest at Chinese rule has died, a US-based broadcaster and rights group said.The woman set herself ablaze on June 11 near Nyitso monastery, the scene of similar protests, in Daofu country of southwest China's Sichuan province, Washington-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on its website.Wangchen Dolma, aged 31, died on ...

  • Alpine azalea flowers seen near Segrila Mountain in Nyingchi Chinas Tibet

    Photo taken on June 19, 2013 shows alpine azalea flowers near the Segrila Mountain in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Alpine azalea flowers grown at an altitude between 2,500 meters and 4,000 meters have been in full bloom recently. (Xinhua/Wen ...

  • Buddhist Monks Form Badminton Team in China

    Beijing, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Monks of the ancient Buddhist temple Lingyin, a sanctuary in the province of Zhejiang, a place where those who seek spiritual peace go on a pilgrimage, made up the only formal badminton team in the religious circles in China. According to reports published today in Beijing, its members have been awarded in different competitions and reached the third position the ...

  • Writings from Israel Nepal and Myanmar included in UNESCO world register

    Print 19 June 2013 &#150 Documentation on Holocaust victims, a collection of Buddhist scriptures written on stones from Myanmar, two rare manuscripts from Nepal and diaries belonging to Ernesto Che Guevara, are among 54 ...

  • Campaign to ‘Benefit the Masses’ in Tibet Brings Tighter Controls Instead

    In a photograph from a partially Tibetan-inhabited area in China, police respond to a protest in Serta town, Sichuan Province, on Jan. 24, 2012. The Chinese Communist Party has embarked on a new campaign of political mobilization, indoctrination, and surveillance, according to Party documents and Human Rights Watch. (Students for a Free ...

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James and the Giant Peach [Blu-Ray]

James and the Giant Peach [Blu-Ray]

James and the Giant Peach, which was adapted from Roald Dahls popular 1961 book, feels like a story being made up on the spot. It is clearly constructed of the most fundamental elements of childrens fantasy literature--the scrappy orphan hero, evil step-parents ( ... ...

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  • Buddhist monks arrested over Thai child sex abuse claims

    Two Buddhist monks who allegedly organised acts of child sexual abuse have been arrested by Thai police, the latest controversy to hit a clergy struggling with challenges to its clean-living ...

  • All Tibetan phone online users register real names

    All Internet, landline and mobile phone users in the Tibet Autonomous Region have provided service operators with their real names, as required by a 2011 local regulation, the regional communications administration said Monday.By the end of 2012, 2.76 million landline and mobile phone users and 1.47 million Web users in Tibet had registered for services under their real identities, said the ...

  • Buddhist Monks in Flashy Aviators and Lois Vuitton Bags Over 300 Reprimanded

    June 19, 2013 11:31 am Buddhist monks in Thailand are in hot water after a YouTube video surfaced sometime last week, revealing the monks wearing designer bags while flying on a private ...

  • Trade unions ranks swell in Tibet

    /enpproperty--> Over the past five years, 1,598 new grassroots trade union organizations have been formed and 86,000 members admitted to unions in the Tibet autonomous region. The figures show increases of 36 percent and 57 percent, respectively, according to a work report on Wednesday by the Tibet Federation of Trade Union. By 2012, there were 5,577 trade unions in Tibet with a total of ...

  • Real names required for web phone users in Tibet

    /enpproperty--> LHASA - All Internet, fixed line and mobile phone users in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region have provided service operators with their real names, as required by a 2011 local regulation, local authorities said Monday. By the end of 2012, 2.76 million fixed line and mobile phone users and 1.47 million web users in Tibet had registered for services under their ...

  • Tibet - Chinas Benefit the Masses campaign surveilling Tibetans

    The Chinese government, under the rationale of a campaign to improve rural living standards, has sent more than 20,000 officials and communist party cadres to Tibetan villages to undertake intrusive surveillance of people, carry out widespread political re-education, and establish partisan security units, said Human Rights Watch June 18, 2013. These tactics discriminate against those perceived ...

  • Chinese vice president visits southeastern Tibets Nyingchi area

    Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (C, Front) receives a traditional white scarf known as "hada" during a visit to the village of Bagyi in Nyingchi Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 21, 2011. Xi Jinping is in Tibet to attend celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the region's peaceful liberation. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)Vice President Xi Jinping ...

  • Chinese vice premier stresses ethnic unity in visit to southern Tibet prefecture

    Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on Thursday stressed the importance of ethnic unity and balanced prosperity in his visit to southern Tibet's Shannan Prefecture.Hui told officials of the prefecture that they should always stick to the policy of uniting all ethnic groups and bringing the prosperity to all ethnic groups fairly.Hui said officials should always bear in mind that the Han Chinese and ...

  • Chinese leaders join panel discussions Hu stressing stability in Tibet

    Chinese President Hu Jintao (L, front), who is also General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits deputies to the Fifth Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) from southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region and joins their panel discussion in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2012. ...

  • China completes Internet phone monitoring scheme for Tibet

    Reuters © A Tibetan monk uses a mobile phone near the Dzamthang Jonang monastery, where Kalkyi set herself on fire in protest against Chinese rule, in Barma township May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kim ...

  • Monk distorts suicide as Tibetan self-immolation

    Tibet -related self-immolation, local website qhnews.com reported Tuesday. The dead man Tenzin Sherab, 33, an ethnic Tibetan, worked as a herdsman in Qumarleb county, Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture. Sherab had ...

  • Plans lodged for 22m high Buddhist temple on Salisbury Highway

    A PLAN to build the tallest Buddhist temple in Australia has been lodged with Salisbury Council. The Khmer Buddhist Association of SA wants to build the 22m-high temple at its existing site at 376 Salisbury Highway, Parafield Gardens. Association president Oan Ahn said it would cost about $3 million and eclipse a 17m-high temple in Queensland. The development would also include 15m-high ...

  • Buddhist monks too flashy

    Buddhist monks were criticized over this video. Thailand's national Buddhism body said Monday it is monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behavior following complaints ignited by a video showing Buddhist monks flying on a private jet. The YouTube video emerging recently showed one of the monks was wearing stylish aviator sunglasses, carrying a luxury brand travel bag and ...

  • Chinese US researchers study Tibetan medicines

    eu tical technology to explore the mechanism behind Tibetan medicines' efficacy, especially in treating cancers. Harvard professor David Christiani said a number of traditional Tibetan herbal medicines can alleviate cancer symptoms and even prolong some patients' survival time. "Clinically, we know these herbs help, but it is not quite clear why and how they work ...

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