Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: AFP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050615/wl_asia_afp/thailandsouthunrest_050615070444

On June 15, 2005 Agence France-Presse reported, "An elderly Buddhist man has been beheaded and four people shot dead in the latest upsurge of violence blamed partly on Islamic separatists in southern Thailand.

The body of retired teacher Kamol Chunetr, 65, was discovered in...

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/14/AR2005061401531.html

On June 15, 2005 The Washington Post reported, "After a year in which religion played a polarizing role in U.S. politics, many religious leaders are eager to demonstrate that faith can be a uniter, not just a divider. The buzzwords today in pulpits and seminaries are crossover, convergence, common cause and shared values....

Source: CBC News

http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_buddha-statue20050615

On June 15, 2005 CBC News reported, "Richmond city council has voted to send plans for a controversial 10-storey high Buddha statue to a public hearing. Mayor Malcolm Brodie says there are advantages and disadvantages to having the biggest Buddhist statue in North America built at the Lingyen Mountain Buddhist temple. 'On one hand, people...

Source: Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0506140255jun14,1,6588033.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed

On June 14, 2005 the Chicago Tribune reported, "It was well up in the 80s Saturday at the 21st Annual International Buddhism Festival, a daylong event that filled the nooks and crannies of the Lake Street Church with meditation, chanting, lectures on the arts, wellness...

Source: Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/stories/614/5451729.html

On June 11, 2005 the Star Tribune reported, "today, Bhante Sathi (BAHN-tay SAH-tee), 31, lives in Chanhassen and teaches Buddhism and meditation techniques statewide at schools, meditation centers and churches... After he was ordained as a teenager in Sri Lanka, Bhante Sathi (the name means 'Venerable Sathi') worked as an editor of ancient Buddhist texts translated into English. He lived in Kandy...

Source: The Tidings Corporation

http://www.the-tidings.com/2005/0610/buddhist.htm

On June 10, 2005 The Tidings Corporation reported, "interreligious dialogue nurtured by Pope John Paul II must continue to evolve under Pope Benedict XVI's papacy or global ethnic and religious conflicts will escalate, said Buddhist and Christian leaders attending an international religious conference at Loyola Marymount University June 3-8. As one of the first major interreligious...

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Wire Service: AFP

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050609/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankapoliticsmonks_050609054115

On June 9, 2005 Agence France-Presse reported, "Sri Lanka, regarded as a repository of Theravada Buddhism and seen as upholding the orthodox branch of the religion for over 2,500 years, is emerging as a hotbed of Marxist monks. Saffron-robed monks lead political demonstrations...

Source: CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/arson-suspected-in-ottawa-buddhist-temple-fire-1.522527

On June 9, 2005 CBC News reported, "A fire that caused about $100,000 in damage to a Buddhist temple in Ottawa...

Source: The Indian Express

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=71969

On June 9, 2005 The Indian Express reported, "Buddhist leaders, including Tenzin Ngodupa, a representative of exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama, today rejected government’s claim that India has only 80 lakh Buddhists and said these figures, projected in the recently-released Census of Religions were 'grossly understated.' The Buddhist leaders were interacting with the...

Source: The Oakland Tribune

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_2790225

On June 8, 2005 The Oakland Tribune reported, "six years ago this month, Living Buddha Lian-sheng Sheng-yen Lu stood at an empty lot next to Quarry Lakes park, surveyed the land with a Chinese geomantic compass and declared it an exceptional site to build a temple. Founder of the True Buddha School and a spiritual leader with more than 4 million followers worldwide...

Source: National Council of Churches News Service

http://www.ncccusa.org/news/050608EndHunger.html

On June 7, 2005 the National Council of Churches News Service reported, "With fervor and conviction, religious leaders from Jewish, Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Muslim, Sikh and Buddhist traditions, urged more than 1,000 participants in yesterday’s first Interfaith Convocation on Hunger at the Washington National Cathedral to advocate for the end of hunger in the...

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/11822130.htm

On June 5, 2005 The Associated Press reported, "more people are taking advantage of a growing number of retreat centers in the area to take time out, to take stock of their lives, to find spiritual perspective and renewal... It's a national phenomenon, according to the Christian Camp and Conference Association, a nonprofit organization of Christian retreat...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4606759.stm

On June 4, 2005 BBC News reported, "The sunsets are still spectacular - a golden glow brushing the curves of 2,000 ancient temples and pagodas clustered on the edge of the Irrawaddy River in central Burma.

But today some of the world's leading experts have accused Burma's military regime of waging 'archaeological blitzkrieg' against the legendary Buddhist treasures of Pagan...

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Original Source: The Oregonian. Tim Sullivan.

https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=65,1273,0,0,1,0

On June 4, 2005 The Oregonian reported, "inner Southeast Portland teems with the teachings of the Buddha. From Oregon Buddhist Temple on 34th Avenue to Dharma Rain Zen Center on Madison Street...

Source: Tricycle

On June 1, 2005 Tricycle reported, "A long-disused Anglican chapel is being converted into a Buddhist temple in the English village of Knaphill. Knaphill is located in the borough of Woking, about 25 miles southwest of London. The group renovating the chapel is the Dhammakaya International Society of the United Kingdom (DISUK). The temple will be one of 16 Thai Buddhist temples in the UK serving a Thai community numbering more than 30,000, but it is hoped the temple will also attract non-Thai residents interested in...