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by Rinzin Wangchuk, Kuensel Online, December 15, 2004
Timphu, Bhutan -- More than 5,000 devotees from the eastern dzongkhags are receiving empowerment and transmission of Dudjom Rinpoche's Sungbum or Tersar (25 volumes of collected works of Dudjom Rinpoche) and other blessings from Garab Rinpoche at the Rangjung Woesel Chholing monastery in Trashigang.
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Lanka Daily News, Dec 16, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- A top level three-day seminar of members of the Buddhist clergy and laity is to be held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo from December 17 to December 19 by the Buddha Sasana Ministry on the directive of the Minister of Buddha Sasana, Public Security, Law and Order and Deputy Minister of Defence Ratnasiri Wickremenayake to draw up a programme for the implementation of the main recommendations made in the 2002 Report of the Presidential Commission on the Buddha Sasana.
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by PK Balachanddran, The Hindustan Times, December 15, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankans not only see Shahrukh Khan as a great actor, but also as a cultured and humane person who represents the best in Indian and Asian culture.
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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA, December 14, 2004
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka today vowed to punish those responsible for a bomb blast at Shah Rukh Khan?s mega concert here even as the main Buddhist group which had initially opposed the event denied any involvement in the attack.
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Lanka Daily News, Dec 14, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- The Government has appointed a Special Committee to inquire and report if there was any connection and/or incitement on the part of any media organisation leading to Saturday's tragic events at the Indian artistes show in Colombo and also to recommend measures on the steps to be taken by the media to prevent a recurrence of the events as that witnessed at the Race Course grounds.
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Indo-Asian News Service, Dec 10, 2004
Ahmedabad, India -- A Tibetan association paid Friday its tributes to the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, to mark the Human Rights Day.
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Express News Service, Dec 12, 2004
New Delhi, India -- ?It is very easy to understand those who agree with you, but not so easy to have a dialogue with those who do not. This is why the stories from the life of Buddha are an important reminder for today?s world leaders, including those combating terrorism,?? said Prof. Satish Kumar, traveller and writer on Buddhism, today evening.
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By Mayank Shekhar, Mid-Day, December 13, 2004
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A hand-held bomb detonated at Temptation 2004, a musical show led by Shah Rukh Khan, at Colombo?s Race Course open-air theatre on Saturday night. The show was put together by Rediffusion, an event management company partly owned by former cricketer Ravi Shastri.
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Lanka Daily News, Dec 13, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) leader Ven. Ellawala Medhananda Thera in a media release said his party was not involved in the events that followed the calling off of their Sathyagraha on Saturday and the protests prior to the unfortunate incident.
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Press Trust Of India, December 11, 2004
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has apologised to Sri Lanka's protesting Buddhist monks for the timing of his mega concert here, which coincides with the death anniversary of a popular priest, but said the show will go on.
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