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VNA, Feb 22, 2005
Kien Giang, Vietnam -- As many as 400 Buddhists from 72 Khmer pagodas in the southern province of Kien Giang took final exams at the Rach Soi pagoda on Feb. 21.
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TNA, Feb 23, 2005
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Buddhists celebrating the most important day in the religious calendar today urged the government to designate Makabucha day as a national event to celebrate family love.
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TNA, Feb 23, 2005
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The National Buddhism Office today hinted that celebrations to mark the holiest day in the Buddhist calendar next year could be moved away from Bangkok?s Sanam Luang and into local temples, after fierce heat and the demands of work kept worshippers away from merit-making events.
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The Nation/Asia News Network, Feb 23, 2005
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai Airways announced that their first-ever chartered flight, in 30 years of business, would be to the Buddhist Circuit of India. The trip would be made between 11-13 March. A personal initiative of President Mr Kanok Abhiradee, the flight is based on the airlines? aim to open out the holy circuit to thousands of Buddhist pilgrims around the world.
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The Scotsman, Feb 23, 2005
Bangkok, Thailand -- Doctors in Thailand have partially restored the sight of an 81-year-old Buddhist monk who accidentally stuck his eyes shut when he mistook a tube of glue for eye drops.
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TNA, Feb 22, 2005
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Thai society may in some ways be becoming increasingly westernized, but the majority of Bangkok residents are continuing to cling to religious traditions, with nearly 70 percent saying that they intend to engage in merit-making activities to mark the Makha Pucha Day tomorrow.
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Vietnam News Agency, Feb 22, 2005
Soc Trang, Vietnam -- The southern province of Soc Trang, home to 176 Buddhist pagodas, has launched a number of charity movements among Buddhists such as house building and providing medical care to the poor, said the provincial Sangha.
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by Giao Huong, translated by Quynh Nhu, Than Hnien News, Feb 19, 2005
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- Tourists and locals are expected to flock to pagodas and sanctuaries in Ho Chi Minh City next Tuesday, Feb. 22 to mark the first full moon day of the Lunar New Year.
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TNA, Feb 21, 2005
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Thai government has been urged to use Buddhist philosophy to solve the insurgency in the country?s southern border provinces.
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TNA, Feb 21, 2005
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The government has been urged to promote Buddhism to help create a peaceful and loving society. The Makha Pucha day should be promoted as a day of love in a Buddhist fashion to attract young Thais, the vice rector of the national Sangha university, Phra Thep Visuthi Kavee, told TNA.
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