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China Warns Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit

Beijing issued a warning to Botswana Wednesday over its plans to host the Dalai Lama next month, asking the African...

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Thai Court To Charge Disgraced Ex-Monk With Rape

A Thai court was set Thursday to charge a disgraced ex-monk with raping an under-age girl, fraud and money laundering...

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China Pressures Botswana Over Dalai Lama Visit

China piled pressure on Botswana on Saturday over a scheduled visit to the southern African country by the Dalai Lama,...

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Thailand To Check Monks’ Bad Habits With ‘smart ID Cards’

Thailand's Buddhist monks could soon be issued "smart ID cards" flagging any drug or criminal records, in the latest...

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Botswana Risks China Ties With Visit From Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama will visit Botswana next month and meet with President Ian Khama, Botswana officials confirmed, in a...

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Sri Lanka’s Fugitive Monk Surrenders

A radical Buddhist monk wanted in connection with a string of hate attacks in Sri Lanka surrendered Wednesday after...

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Minister Under Fire For Attack On Sri Lankan Rights Lawyer

Sri Lanka's justice minister faced calls for his resignation Tuesday after accusing a human rights lawyer of misleading...

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Myanmar Anti-Islam Monk Says Barred From Facebook

A Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his extremist diatribes says he has been banned from using...

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Sri Lanka Makes First Arrest Over Hate Crimes Against Muslims

Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a key figure from an extremist Buddhist organisation blamed for a series of hate...

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Faced With Ban, Myanmar Hardline Monks Change Name

Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement announced Sunday it was rebranding under a new name, days after Buddhist...

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Myanmar’s Hardline Monks Gather Despite Ban

Hundreds of monks and supporters of Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement gathered in a Yangon monastery...

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Portrait of Myanmar’s ‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ Chills Cannes

Barbet Schroeder spent months with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin at the height of his power, when corpses would wash up...

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Myanmar Top Buddhist Body Muzzles Hardline Group

Myanmar's top Buddhist body has ordered hardline group Ma Ba Tha to remove all public displays, according to a document...

International

China Renames Districts In Disputed India State

China has renamed six districts along a disputed Himalayan border region with India, in a move seen as "retaliation"...

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Dalai Lama Accuses China of Fooling Its People

The Dalai Lama on Saturday accused China of spreading false information about his trip to a monastery near India's...

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Dalai Lama Accuses China of Fooling Its People

The Dalai Lama on Saturday accused China of spreading false information about his trip to a monastery near India's...

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Dalai Lama Visits Disputed Monastery, Angering China

The Dalai Lama will Saturday address devotees at the monastery near India's border with China where he took shelter on...

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Shorn of Their Locks, Thai Women Join Rebel Monk Ranks

Scissors fly as Thai families surround their daughters to shear off tufts of hair until they are nearly bald -- a...

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China Protests To India Over Dalai Lama Visit

China said on Thursday that it has lodged an official protest with India over the visit of the exiled Tibetan spiritual...