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Religion in China (Foreign Relations)
Religious observance in China is on the rise. According to a survey published in a state-run newspaper, 31.4 percent of Chinese adults are religious, a figure that is three times the initial government estimate.
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Deputy PM greets Chinese Buddhist delegates (Nhân Dân)
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem on May 14 received China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs Director Ye Xiaowen who is visiting for the United Nations Day of Vesak 2008.
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Vietnam respects moral standards of religions (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – The celebrations of Vesak 2008 in Hanoi reflects the Vietnamese government’s respect for the UN recognition of Vesak as a day of world religious culture and the importance of the moral standards of religions, including Buddhism, President Nguyen Minh Triet said at the opening ceremony of the festival on May 14.
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Nation celebrates Buddha’s legacy (Việt Nam News)
Vesak 2008 honours commitment to peace and morality. HA NOI — Viet Nam’s hosting of Vesak showed its respect and support of the thrice-sacred day of the Buddha as a United Nations Day of Religion and Culture, President Nguyen Minh Triet said yesterday.
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Deputy PM receives China, Gambia officials (Việt Nam News)
Ha Noi — Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem yesterday received China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs Director Ye Xiaowen who is visiting for the United Nations Day of Vesak 2008.
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Malaysia: Tribunal allows Muslim to return to Buddhism (Adnkronos)
Malaysia: Tribunal allows Muslim to return to Buddhism In Malaysia Muslims comprise more than half the population of 27 million. Once seen as a model of ethnic coexistence, religious minorities have recently complained that government is seeking to give Islam greater status as the country's official religion. (AKI) - An Islamic Sharia court has given permission for a Malaysian woman ...
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Religion Calendar (The Oregonian)
All sites in Portland unless otherwise noted. Catholics Coming Home: A six-week program for those feeling alienated from the church or former parishioners who wish to return. 7-8 p.m. Wed, May 14, through Wed, June 18. St.
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News Brief (Ekklesia)
Smoke rose into the sky above Colombo in July 1983 as Sinhalese men burned the homes and businesses of Tamils, and killed some, while others hid or fled. Twenty-five years later, violence is again tearing Sri Lanka apart.
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What hath Asia wrought? (Malaya)
ESIDES SARS and the Dalai Lama? Or sugar (shaker, sukhar) and spice and everything nice?
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Buddhist online magazine debuts amid upcoming Vesak in Hanoi (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - Yesterday morning, a press conference to release information about the organization of the 2008 United Nations Day of Vesak (UNDV) in Ha Noi was held at the office of Giac Ngo, a Buddhist magazine at 85 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3. The UNDV is scheduled to begin in mid-May.
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