Middle path needed in Thailand's south, PM told

Bangkok Post, Nov 19, 2004

Bangkok, Thailand -- Peace advocates have asked the government to use ``extreme caution'' in dealing with violence in the South, warning that mishandling the problem will only sow hatred and widen the conflict.

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World Buddhist Summit: appeals to boycott Myanmar?s military regime

AsiaNews/AFP, Nov 18, 2004

Only 12 delegations have confirmed their presence at the summit. More than 300 Buddhist monks are in prison in Myanmar for ?supporting democracy?.

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A female monk takes on Thailand's clergy

The Advertiser, November 17, 2004

While the general public is more open to female ordination, the Thai clergy remains fiercely opposed. A lone female monk has riled the religious hierarchy by waging a fight for ordination of women, reports Connie Levett from Nakhon Prathom, Thailand.

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Relics of the Buddha reach journey's end

Story by CHOMPOO TRAKULLERTSATHIEN Photos by SOMKID CHAIJITVANIT, Bangkok Post, Nov 15, 2004

Bangkok, Thailand -- The international tour of the relics of the Buddha finished last month at Phra Pathom Chedi in Nakhon Pathom province with a jubilant crowd of thousands paying homage to the sacred objects at the end of Buddhist Lent.

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Burma junta tries to appease Buddhist monks

Democratic Voice of Burma, 15 November 2004

Burmese government uses Kathina festival to sway senior monks from participating in political activities

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Bid to reinvigorate Thai Buddhists

The Star (AFP), November 12, 2004

BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Thai government plans to launch a Buddhism public relations offensive, officials said yesterday amid a rash of savvy commercials by evangelical Christians in the majority-Buddhist kingdom.

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3,000 Buddhists attend Kathina robe-offering ceremony

Voice of Vietnam, Nov 15, 2004

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- Nearly 3,000 monks and nuns gathered at Pho Minh pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday to attend a Kathina robe-offering ceremony.

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Report on detained Buddhist Monks in Burma

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), November 9, 2004

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), a Thai-Burma based organization, will soon publish a report named "Burma: A Land Where Buddhist Monks Are Disrobed and Detained in Dungeons" that describes the arrest of Buddhist monks by the military regime in Burma.

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Burma junta invites another Japanese Buddhist group for Buddhist conference

Democratic Voice of Burma, November 9, 2004

Oslo, Norway -- Burma?s military junta, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) which recently insisted that it would go ahead with the fourth World Buddhist Summit in December after the main Japanese sponsor decided to pull out of the agreement to fund the conference, the junta is now actively seeking yet another Japanese Buddhist group as potential sponsor.

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World Buddhist Summit on schedule

Indo-Asian News Service, Nov 9, 2004

Yangon, Myanmar -- The Fourth World Buddhist Summit will be held on schedule in Myanmar, reports Xinhua. Earlier reports said the schedule might be affected by the withdrawal of co-sponsor Nenbutsushu Buddhist Sect of Japan.

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