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70-Year-Old Frail Elephant In Sri Lanka Whose Photos Sparked Outrage Dies
An emaciated 70-year-old elephant that caused a social media outcry after being forced to take part in an annual Buddhist pageant in Sri Lanka has died, officials said Wednesday.
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Ambedkar Jayanti 2018: 10 Lesser-Known Facts About The Dalit Icon
Celebrated on April 14, Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ambedkar or BR Ambedkar - a social reformer, economist and jurist - who gave India its Constitution. Fondly called Baba Saheb, Ambedkar campaigned against social discrimination against untouchables and also supported the rights of women and labourers. He...
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'Not Appropriate,' British Envoy Tells Boris Johnson Over Rudyard Kipling Poem In Myanmar
Britain's ambassador to Myanmar was forced to interrupt Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier this year as he tried to recite a nostalgic colonial poem by Rudyard Kipling in public during a visit to the country's most famous Buddhist site.
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Turkish President Recep Erdogan Accuses Myanmar Of 'Buddhist Terror' Against Rohingya
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the security forces in Myanmar of waging a "Buddhist terror" against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Myanmar Buddhists Ransack Mosque As Religious Violence Flares
Scores of Buddhists ransacked a mosque in central Myanmar forcing Muslims to seek refuge overnight in a police station after a dispute between neighbours spilled into religious violence, officials and residents said today.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Takes Election Bid to Myanmar's Strife-Torn Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will campaign with a hundreds-strong security force in Rakhine state today, her opposition said, as she risks a rare brush with hostility by taking her election bid to the volatile region.
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Conflict Arises When Radicals Force Ideologies on Others: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said while there is no problem in practicing one's religion, the potential for conflict arises when radical elements try to force their own ideologies on others.
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Myanmar Police Clash With Protesting Students
Myanmar police beat students with batons and detained some of them as they broke up a group of about 200 protesters who had been locked in a standoff with security forces for more than a week, a Reuters witness said.
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Sri Lanka Muslims Call Off Protest Over Deadly Attacks
The Sri Lanka Thawheed Jamaath (SLTJ) said they were calling off their demonstration in the capital as well as a work stoppage after talks with a senior police officer in charge of security in the capital.
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More Deadly Riots Flare in Sri Lanka Resort
More deadly violence flared in a Sri Lankan coastal resort where Buddhist hardliners set shops and homes alight for a second night running in defiance of a curfew, police and residents said Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Religious Riots Spark International Concern
Sri Lanka slapped an indefinite curfew in a popular tourist region on Monday after rioting Buddhist mobs killed three Muslims in a surge of religious violence that triggered international concern.
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Three Sri Lanka Muslims Killed in Clash with Buddhists
A government minister says at least three Muslims were killed after a right-wing Buddhist group with alleged state backing clashed with Muslims in southwestern Sri Lanka.
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Curfew in Sri Lanka Resorts After Buddhist Mob Violence
Sri Lankan police extended a curfew in a popular tourist region Monday after at least 80 people were injured and dozens of Muslim-owned shops and homes torched when a Buddhist mob went on the rampage.
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Monks Cancel Prayers as Kolkata Monastery Turns into Polling Booth
As voters, election officials and security forces occupied a 117-year-old Buddhist monastery in Kolkata which was turned into a polling booth, monks there were forced to cancel their daily prayers and other religious activities.
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Nitish Kumar condemns Bodhgaya blasts, seeks central security for temple
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today strongly condemned the blasts in and around Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya and demanded deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to protect the world famous Buddhist shrine.
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70-Year-Old Frail Elephant In Sri Lanka Whose Photos Sparked Outrage Dies
An emaciated 70-year-old elephant that caused a social media outcry after being forced to take part in an annual Buddhist pageant in Sri Lanka has died, officials said Wednesday.
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Ambedkar Jayanti 2018: 10 Lesser-Known Facts About The Dalit Icon
Celebrated on April 14, Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ambedkar or BR Ambedkar - a social reformer, economist and jurist - who gave India its Constitution. Fondly called Baba Saheb, Ambedkar campaigned against social discrimination against untouchables and also supported the rights of women and labourers. He...
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'Not Appropriate,' British Envoy Tells Boris Johnson Over Rudyard Kipling Poem In Myanmar
Britain's ambassador to Myanmar was forced to interrupt Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier this year as he tried to recite a nostalgic colonial poem by Rudyard Kipling in public during a visit to the country's most famous Buddhist site.
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Turkish President Recep Erdogan Accuses Myanmar Of 'Buddhist Terror' Against Rohingya
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused the security forces in Myanmar of waging a "Buddhist terror" against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Myanmar Buddhists Ransack Mosque As Religious Violence Flares
Scores of Buddhists ransacked a mosque in central Myanmar forcing Muslims to seek refuge overnight in a police station after a dispute between neighbours spilled into religious violence, officials and residents said today.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Takes Election Bid to Myanmar's Strife-Torn Rakhine
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will campaign with a hundreds-strong security force in Rakhine state today, her opposition said, as she risks a rare brush with hostility by taking her election bid to the volatile region.
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Conflict Arises When Radicals Force Ideologies on Others: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said while there is no problem in practicing one's religion, the potential for conflict arises when radical elements try to force their own ideologies on others.
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Myanmar Police Clash With Protesting Students
Myanmar police beat students with batons and detained some of them as they broke up a group of about 200 protesters who had been locked in a standoff with security forces for more than a week, a Reuters witness said.
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Sri Lanka Muslims Call Off Protest Over Deadly Attacks
The Sri Lanka Thawheed Jamaath (SLTJ) said they were calling off their demonstration in the capital as well as a work stoppage after talks with a senior police officer in charge of security in the capital.
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More Deadly Riots Flare in Sri Lanka Resort
More deadly violence flared in a Sri Lankan coastal resort where Buddhist hardliners set shops and homes alight for a second night running in defiance of a curfew, police and residents said Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka Religious Riots Spark International Concern
Sri Lanka slapped an indefinite curfew in a popular tourist region on Monday after rioting Buddhist mobs killed three Muslims in a surge of religious violence that triggered international concern.
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Three Sri Lanka Muslims Killed in Clash with Buddhists
A government minister says at least three Muslims were killed after a right-wing Buddhist group with alleged state backing clashed with Muslims in southwestern Sri Lanka.
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Curfew in Sri Lanka Resorts After Buddhist Mob Violence
Sri Lankan police extended a curfew in a popular tourist region Monday after at least 80 people were injured and dozens of Muslim-owned shops and homes torched when a Buddhist mob went on the rampage.
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Monks Cancel Prayers as Kolkata Monastery Turns into Polling Booth
As voters, election officials and security forces occupied a 117-year-old Buddhist monastery in Kolkata which was turned into a polling booth, monks there were forced to cancel their daily prayers and other religious activities.
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Nitish Kumar condemns Bodhgaya blasts, seeks central security for temple
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today strongly condemned the blasts in and around Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya and demanded deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to protect the world famous Buddhist shrine.
