http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/101320-buddhism.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/101320-buddhism.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2015298-barrick-suffering-big-setbacks-latin-america.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean court's halt to construction of Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8 billion, border-straddling mine on the high spine of the Andes is only the latest setback in Latin America for the world's largest gold miner. Barrick also faces growing environmental resistance in Argentina, which shares the Pascua-Lama mine project, and the Dominica... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:22:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/news/2015298-barrick-suffering-big-setbacks-latin-america.html 2013-04-12T12:22:19Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2003368-fears-sri-lanka-amid-anti-muslim-campaign.html COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A red-robed Buddhist monk calmly picked up stones and hurled them at a security camera. Then, as police looked on, his followers smashed up a popular, Muslim-owned clothing store. Last month's attack on the Fashion Bug chain near the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, filmed by a local television station whose cameraman was attacked ... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:47:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2003368-fears-sri-lanka-amid-anti-muslim-campaign.html 2013-04-07T10:47:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1997256-myanmar-communal-unrest-threatens-reforms.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Few imagined Myanmar would embrace democracy when the U.S. began its historic engagement with the military regime. The country's rapid changes were lauded by visiting Western leaders, and the nation's president was hailed as a hero. But spasms of spreading, communal violence show the reform path is bumpier than expected and have taken the sheen off a foreig... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:02:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1997256-myanmar-communal-unrest-threatens-reforms.html 2013-04-04T12:02:46Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1976464-buddhists-muslims-violence-spreads-myanmar.html MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — Sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar spread to at least two other towns in the country's heartland over the weekend, undermining government efforts to quash an eruption of violence that has killed dozens of people and displaced 10,000 more. President Thein Sein declared a state of emergency in the region on ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:17:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1976464-buddhists-muslims-violence-spreads-myanmar.html 2013-03-25T04:17:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1971968-un-myanmar-envoy-visits-ruined-city-violence.html MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — The top UN envoy to Myanmar on Sunday toured a central city destroyed in the country's worst explosion of Buddhist-Muslim violence this year, calling on the government to punish those responsible for a tragedy that left dozens of corpses piled in the streets, some of them charred beyond recognition. Vijay Nambiar, the U.N. secret... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:32:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1971968-un-myanmar-envoy-visits-ruined-city-violence.html 2013-03-24T12:32:35Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1944516-india-police-immolation-bid-tibetan-exile.html DHARMSALA, India (AP) — Police in India prevented a Tibetan man from setting himself on fire as hundreds of Tibetan exiles gathered Sunday to mark the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule, officials said. Dawa Dhondup, 30, was marching with hundreds of Tibetan exiles through the streets of Dharmsala, the home of Tibet's government-in... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:52:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/1944516-india-police-immolation-bid-tibetan-exile.html 2013-03-10T15:52:40Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1937308-china-rebukes-monastery-heart-fiery-protests.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials on Thursday castigated a Tibetan monastery at the center of a wave of self-immolations, saying it has been inciting the fiery protests. They also indicated that authorities will not relax controls over the region. Wu Zegang, the governor of Aba prefecture in southwest China, said Thursday the local Kirti monastery was coll... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:34:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1937308-china-rebukes-monastery-heart-fiery-protests.html 2013-03-07T06:34:14Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1897502-iran-confiscates-buddha-statues-shops.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Buddha statues have joined Barbie dolls and characters from "The Simpsons" TV cartoon as banned items in the conservative Muslim nation. Authorities are confiscating Buddha statues from shops in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to stop the promotion of Buddhism in the country, according to a report Sunday in the independent Arman daily. Ir... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:16:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1897502-iran-confiscates-buddha-statues-shops.html 2013-02-17T12:16:39Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1888248-tibetan-protester-sets-fire-nepal.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Tibetan protester doused himself with gasoline, set himself ablaze and chanted anti-China slogans as he ran down a street in Nepal's capital Wednesday, the latest in a string of self-immolations protesting China's rule over Tibet. The dramatic protest marked the 101st time since 2009 that a Tibetan monk, nun or layperson has set t... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:32:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1888248-tibetan-protester-sets-fire-nepal.html 2013-02-13T10:32:43Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1877048-china-jails-1-detains-70-to-quell-tibet-protests.html BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan man to 13 years in prison Friday for goading a monk to self-immolate, as Beijing steps up a crackdown on self-immolations aimed at protesting communist rule. The sentence by a court in the northwestern province of Qinghai follows a news report that the Chinese government has detained 70 people in the prov... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1877048-china-jails-1-detains-70-to-quell-tibet-protests.html 2013-02-08T12:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1876550-china-detains-70-crackdown-tibet-protests.html BEIJING (AP) — China's government says it has detained 70 people in ethnic Tibetan areas as it steps up a crackdown on self-immolations aimed at protesting communist rule. The detentions came as Beijing stepped up efforts to blame the exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, for protests in which nearly 100 Tibetan monks, nuns and lay people have set themse... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1876550-china-detains-70-crackdown-tibet-protests.html 2013-02-08T02:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1829102-tibet-burns-china-arrests-seizes-tvs.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule by clamping down even harder — criminalizing the suicides, arresting protesters' friends and even confiscating thousands of satellite TV dishes. The harsh measures provide an early indication that the country's new leadership i... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1829102-tibet-burns-china-arrests-seizes-tvs.html 2013-01-18T07:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1815502-chinese-painter-portrays-tibet-self-immolators.html BEIJING (AP) — Beijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects — men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive — have one thing in common: They are Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest repressive Chinese rule. Liu wants to paint a port... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1815502-chinese-painter-portrays-tibet-self-immolators.html 2013-01-12T06:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1754998-chinese-police-accuse-monk-inciting-immolations.html BEIJING (AP) — Police detained a monk and his nephew in China's Sichuan province and accused them of instigating the self-immolations of eight ethnic Tibetans on the instructions of the Dalai Lama and his followers, state media said. The report in the official Xinhua News Agency did not detail what evidence police had of the exiled Buddhist spiritual lead... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1754998-chinese-police-accuse-monk-inciting-immolations.html 2012-12-09T23:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1744046-mongolia-finds-china-too-close-comfort.html TSOGTTSETSII, Mongolia (AP) — After years of testy debate, Mongolia broke ground this spring for a railroad that will haul coal across the pebbled Gobi desert to China, but with one costly condition. Citing national security, the government ordered the rails be laid 1,520 millimeters apart, Mongolia's standard gauge inherited from the Soviets. The width e... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1744046-mongolia-finds-china-too-close-comfort.html 2012-12-06T01:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1736072-analysis-myanmars-suu-kyi-pragmatism.html BANGKOK (AP) — For Aung San Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar's former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair — a clear fight for freedom against one of the world's most oppressive regimes. But Suu Kyi the elected lawmaker is finding it a lot more difficult to pick her battles, and she's a lot more pragmatic wh... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1736072-analysis-myanmars-suu-kyi-pragmatism.html 2012-12-01T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1733316-ap-exclusive-myanmar-verifying-muslim-citizenship.html SIN THET MAW, Myanmar (AP) — Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at the heart of the biggest crisis the government has faced since beginning its nascent transition to democracy last year. It's a question that has helped fuel two bloody spasms of ... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/1733316-ap-exclusive-myanmar-verifying-muslim-citizenship.html 2012-12-01T03:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1730746-court-s-africa-official-delayed-dalai-lama-visa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court ruled Thursday that officials "unreasonably delayed" a decision about whether to grant the Dalai Lama a visa for a planned 2011 trip, largely out of fears of angering the Chinese government. The Supreme Court of Appeal's decision heavily criticized former Home Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, an ex-wife of Preside... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1730746-court-s-africa-official-delayed-dalai-lama-visa.html 2012-11-29T13:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1728066-tibetan-protests-chinese-rule-phase.html BEIJING (AP) — Two dozen Tibetans have set themselves on fire in western China this month in a dramatic acceleration of the protests against authoritarian Chinese rule, activist groups say. The surge in self-immolations, along with an increase in large demonstrations, marks a new phase in the Tibetan protests. At least 86 people have set themselves on fir... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1728066-tibetan-protests-chinese-rule-phase.html 2012-11-29T00:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1725182-tibetan-students-west-china-clash-with-police.html BEIJING (AP) — Four more ethnic Tibetans have self-immolated to protest Chinese rule and at least 20 were hospitalized after clashing with police in a protest over a government booklet calling the Tibetan language irrelevant, a report and exile groups said Tuesday. More than 80 Tibetans in China have set themselves on fire since 2009 in protest against wh... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1725182-tibetan-students-west-china-clash-with-police.html 2012-11-27T02:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1723438-tourists-trickle-violence-hit-western-myanmar.html MRAUK-U, Myanmar (AP) — It was dusk in a corner of Myanmar recently shaken by some of the bloodiest sectarian violence in a generation, and a dozen Canadian tourists climbed to the top of a grassy hill, cameras ready to capture the sweeping view. Moss-covered pagodas rose from foggy hilltops all along the horizon, their bell-shaped silhouettes dark agains... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1723438-tourists-trickle-violence-hit-western-myanmar.html 2012-11-26T23:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1719620-tibetan-man-sets-fire-protest-china.html BEIJING (AP) — A Tibetan herdsman has died after setting himself on fire in northwest China's Qinghai province, state media reported Saturday, in the latest in a series of protests against Chinese rule. The official Xinhua News Agency says Dazheng, 27, self-immolated in Zekog county on Friday night but provides no further details about why the man set him... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 03:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/1719620-tibetan-man-sets-fire-protest-china.html 2012-11-24T03:18:00Z