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4 Killed In Car Bomb Blasts At Myanmar New Year Festival
Four people were killed in eastern Myanmar on Thursday after a series of car bombs exploded at a pagoda where a crowd had gathered to mark the start of the Buddhist new year, a rescue worker and a security source said.
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3 Buddhist Monks Among 22 Shot Dead At Myanmar Monastery
At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor's postmortem report, in what opponents of military
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Myanmar Junta Says It Will Free 1,600 Prisoners, Political Protestors Excluded
Families of detained Myanmar protesters had their hopes dashed Sunday after political prisoners were not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year.
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Myanmar Military Burns Villages To Crush Resistance
Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the quiet riverside village of Bin in the Buddhist heartland of central Myanmar.
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80-Year-Old Monk's Reappearance Brings Solace In Coup-Hit Myanmar
When dawn arrives in normal times, 80-year-old Buddhist monk Maha Bodhi Myaing Sayadaw emerges from his meditation on the plains of northern Myanmar to silently receive food offerings from a handful of followers.
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In Myanmar, Pro-Democracy Monks March Against Military Junta
Scores of pro-democracy Buddhist monks took to the streets of Myanmar's second-biggest city Saturday, rallying against the military coup in demonstrations that coincided with the 14th anniversary of previous clergy-led mass protests.
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The Buddhist Nun Challenging Misogyny In Myanmar
In a society where a popular saying urges women to "regard her son as her master and her husband as her god", Buddhist nun Ketumala is already an outlier.
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Porn Video Filmed At Holy Buddhist Site Sparks Outrage In Myanmar
Outrage is growing in Myanmar after the emergence of a 12-minute porn video shot in Bagan, the country's best-known tourist hotspot and UNESCO heritage site of thousands of hallowed Buddhist pagodas.
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Top UN Court Orders Myanmar To Prevent Rohingya Genocide
The UN's top court told Myanmar on Thursday to take urgent steps to prevent the alleged genocide of the Buddhist nation's minority Rohingya Muslims.
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Suu Kyi To Defend Myanmar In World Court On Rohingya Genocide, Set To Make History
Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is set to make legal history when she defends Myanmar in The Hague this week against charges of genocide targeting the Buddhist state's minority Rohingya Muslims.
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15 Dead As Truck Carrying Buddhist Pilgrims Plunges Off Cliff In Myanmar
Fifteen Buddhist pilgrims including a monk were killed after their flatbed truck plunged off a 300-metre (1,000 feet) cliff in eastern Myanmar, police said Tuesday, blaming faulty brakes
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2 Myanmar Pilgrims Among Dead In Delhi Fire, Another Jumps Off, Survives
Two Myanmarese Buddhist pilgrims were killed in a massive fire in a five-storey hotel in north Delhi's Karol Bagh on Tuesday, while a woman guide accompanying them escaped death by jumping off its second floor, Myanmar embassy official said in Delhi.
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Protests In Myanmar's Rakhine State Opposing Rohingya Return
Protesters in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state demonstrated on Sunday against the planned repatriation of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, referring to them as "runaway refugees". About 100 people led by Buddhists monks marched through the state capital Sittwe holding red banners and chanting slogans.
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Myanmar Hardline Monks Vow to Stay on Facebook Despite Ban
Myanmar's hardline monks will dodge bans on Facebook and keep using it to "tell the truth", they said on Friday.
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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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4 Killed In Car Bomb Blasts At Myanmar New Year Festival
Four people were killed in eastern Myanmar on Thursday after a series of car bombs exploded at a pagoda where a crowd had gathered to mark the start of the Buddhist new year, a rescue worker and a security source said.
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3 Buddhist Monks Among 22 Shot Dead At Myanmar Monastery
At least 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor's postmortem report, in what opponents of military
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Myanmar Junta Says It Will Free 1,600 Prisoners, Political Protestors Excluded
Families of detained Myanmar protesters had their hopes dashed Sunday after political prisoners were not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year.
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Myanmar Military Burns Villages To Crush Resistance
Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the quiet riverside village of Bin in the Buddhist heartland of central Myanmar.
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80-Year-Old Monk's Reappearance Brings Solace In Coup-Hit Myanmar
When dawn arrives in normal times, 80-year-old Buddhist monk Maha Bodhi Myaing Sayadaw emerges from his meditation on the plains of northern Myanmar to silently receive food offerings from a handful of followers.
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In Myanmar, Pro-Democracy Monks March Against Military Junta
Scores of pro-democracy Buddhist monks took to the streets of Myanmar's second-biggest city Saturday, rallying against the military coup in demonstrations that coincided with the 14th anniversary of previous clergy-led mass protests.
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The Buddhist Nun Challenging Misogyny In Myanmar
In a society where a popular saying urges women to "regard her son as her master and her husband as her god", Buddhist nun Ketumala is already an outlier.
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Porn Video Filmed At Holy Buddhist Site Sparks Outrage In Myanmar
Outrage is growing in Myanmar after the emergence of a 12-minute porn video shot in Bagan, the country's best-known tourist hotspot and UNESCO heritage site of thousands of hallowed Buddhist pagodas.
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Top UN Court Orders Myanmar To Prevent Rohingya Genocide
The UN's top court told Myanmar on Thursday to take urgent steps to prevent the alleged genocide of the Buddhist nation's minority Rohingya Muslims.
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Suu Kyi To Defend Myanmar In World Court On Rohingya Genocide, Set To Make History
Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is set to make legal history when she defends Myanmar in The Hague this week against charges of genocide targeting the Buddhist state's minority Rohingya Muslims.
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15 Dead As Truck Carrying Buddhist Pilgrims Plunges Off Cliff In Myanmar
Fifteen Buddhist pilgrims including a monk were killed after their flatbed truck plunged off a 300-metre (1,000 feet) cliff in eastern Myanmar, police said Tuesday, blaming faulty brakes
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2 Myanmar Pilgrims Among Dead In Delhi Fire, Another Jumps Off, Survives
Two Myanmarese Buddhist pilgrims were killed in a massive fire in a five-storey hotel in north Delhi's Karol Bagh on Tuesday, while a woman guide accompanying them escaped death by jumping off its second floor, Myanmar embassy official said in Delhi.
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Protests In Myanmar's Rakhine State Opposing Rohingya Return
Protesters in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state demonstrated on Sunday against the planned repatriation of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh, referring to them as "runaway refugees". About 100 people led by Buddhists monks marched through the state capital Sittwe holding red banners and chanting slogans.
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Myanmar Hardline Monks Vow to Stay on Facebook Despite Ban
Myanmar's hardline monks will dodge bans on Facebook and keep using it to "tell the truth", they said on Friday.
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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.
