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Sri Lanka Has 39 Presidential Candidates This Time, But No Woman Among Them
A total of 39 candidates, including three minority Tamils and two Buddhist monks, are in the fray for next month's presidential election in Sri Lanka, the election commission announced here on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka President Pardons Firebrand Buddhist Monk Who Led Anti-Muslim Campaign
In 2013, Gnanasara led an anti-Muslim minority stance against what he termed the rising Muslim extremism in the Buddhist majority country.
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Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk Sentenced Six Years' Jail In Contempt Case
A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday handed a six-year jail term to a Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims, holding him guilty of contempt just months after he was convicted of intimidating the wife of a missing journalist.
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Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk Arrested For Killing Policeman
A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka has been arrested for allegedly killing a policeman who had come to arrest him in connection with a sexual abuse case, police has said.
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Rise Of Violent Buddhist Rhetoric In Asia Defies Stereotypes
Buddhism may be touted in the West as an inherently peaceful philosophy, but a surge in violent rhetoric from small but increasingly influential groups of hardline monks in parts of Asia is upending the religion's tolerant image.
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Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa Concedes Defeat to Challenger Sirisena in Election
President Mahinda Rajapaksa today conceded defeat in Sri Lanka's tightest-ever presidential race and left his official residence, with cumulative results showing Opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena leading.
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US Revokes Visa of Buddhist Nationalist Monk in Sri Lanka
The US has revoked a visa given to the chief of a hardline Buddhist group in Sri Lanka accused of involvement in the recent violence against minority Muslims.
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Sri Lanka Buddhist Monks in Court Accused of Insulting Koran
Four of Sri Lanka's most senior hardline Buddhist monks appeared in court Monday accused of insulting the Koran, in the first such case following a spate of religious hate attacks.
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Sri Lankan monks protest against ICC's blunder during Champions Trophy opener
The group blamed the SLC for its inability to lodge a complaint to the ICC for playing a Hindi song in place of Sri Lanka's national at the Champions Trophy opening ceremony last week.
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Sri Lankan monk attacked in Chennai
Tamil activists on Monday assaulted a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka at a railway station in Chennai while Anna University ordered an indefinite closure of all colleges owing to student protests.
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Sri Lanka Has 39 Presidential Candidates This Time, But No Woman Among Them
A total of 39 candidates, including three minority Tamils and two Buddhist monks, are in the fray for next month's presidential election in Sri Lanka, the election commission announced here on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka President Pardons Firebrand Buddhist Monk Who Led Anti-Muslim Campaign
In 2013, Gnanasara led an anti-Muslim minority stance against what he termed the rising Muslim extremism in the Buddhist majority country.
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Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk Sentenced Six Years' Jail In Contempt Case
A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday handed a six-year jail term to a Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims, holding him guilty of contempt just months after he was convicted of intimidating the wife of a missing journalist.
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Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk Arrested For Killing Policeman
A Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka has been arrested for allegedly killing a policeman who had come to arrest him in connection with a sexual abuse case, police has said.
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Rise Of Violent Buddhist Rhetoric In Asia Defies Stereotypes
Buddhism may be touted in the West as an inherently peaceful philosophy, but a surge in violent rhetoric from small but increasingly influential groups of hardline monks in parts of Asia is upending the religion's tolerant image.
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Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa Concedes Defeat to Challenger Sirisena in Election
President Mahinda Rajapaksa today conceded defeat in Sri Lanka's tightest-ever presidential race and left his official residence, with cumulative results showing Opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena leading.
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US Revokes Visa of Buddhist Nationalist Monk in Sri Lanka
The US has revoked a visa given to the chief of a hardline Buddhist group in Sri Lanka accused of involvement in the recent violence against minority Muslims.
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Sri Lanka Buddhist Monks in Court Accused of Insulting Koran
Four of Sri Lanka's most senior hardline Buddhist monks appeared in court Monday accused of insulting the Koran, in the first such case following a spate of religious hate attacks.
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Sri Lankan monks protest against ICC's blunder during Champions Trophy opener
The group blamed the SLC for its inability to lodge a complaint to the ICC for playing a Hindi song in place of Sri Lanka's national at the Champions Trophy opening ceremony last week.
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Sri Lankan monk attacked in Chennai
Tamil activists on Monday assaulted a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka at a railway station in Chennai while Anna University ordered an indefinite closure of all colleges owing to student protests.
