Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: AFP

Source: Yahoo! News

Wire Service: AFP

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2005/02/18/encircling_art_with_spirituality/

On February 18, 2005 The Boston Globe reported, "in a contemporary art gallery at Wellesley College on Wednesday afternoon, about 100 people were sitting on canvas camp stools, gazing at an empty wooden platform painted the color of bricks... Victor Kazanjian, Wellesley's dean of religious and spiritual life, was...

Author: Douglas Belkin

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/02/17/buddhists_eye_church_property/

Leaders in Lowell's burgeoning Southeast Asian community are planning to ask the Archdiocese of Boston to sell them the Notre Dame de Lourdes Church on Smith Street for less than half its assessed value so they can convert it into a Buddhist temple.

"We are hoping they will hear...

Source: IslamOnline.net

http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-02/15/article06.shtml

On February 15, 2005 IslamOnline.net reported, "Thailand's cabinet approved Tuesday, February 15, the creation of a 12,000 soldier-strong infantry division to be permanently based in the predominantly Muslim southern provinces to foster what it termed better relations between the military and Muslim residents.

'This regiment is not to combat but to...

Source: Frontline

http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2204/stories/20050225001008800.htm

On February 12, 2005 Frontline reported, "Was the Buddha born in Orissa? If a section of Buddhist scholars are to be believed, yes. A debate over the claim that Kapileswar, a place near Bhubaneswar, was the real birthplace of the Buddha is gaining momentum with researchers and scholars. The State government, too, has supported the claim. Damodar Rout, the State...

Source: Hernando Today

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/02/11_newbuddhistcenter.shtml

On February 11, 2005 the Hernando Today reported, "Buddhism's New Age-type appeal has launched literally hundreds of self-help books, scores of films, and captured the imagination of more than a few Hollywood superstars. But do popular notions of Buddhism conform to what scholars know about the religion as it has been practiced in Asia?...

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Source: The Tampa Tribune

http://pasco.tbo.com/pasco/MGBA3QN9D5E.html

On February 10, 2005 The Tampa Tribune reported, "a visiting lama will conduct a New Year's ceremony for local Tibetan Buddhists on Sunday. Drupon Thinley Ningpo, who is associated with the Tibetan Meditation Center in Frederick, Md., will officiate at a smoke ceremony to make offerings and request removal of obstacles for the coming year. A drupon is a 'retreat master' in Tibetan Buddhism. The smoke...

Original Source: RIA Novosti. Olga Lipich. February 9, 2005

https://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,773,0,0,1,0

On February 9, 2005 RIA Novosti reported, "On Wednesday, Russian Buddhists will be celebrating New Year - the Year of the Hen. 'February 9 is the first day in the new year according...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4246559.stm

On February 8, 2005 the BBC News reported, "The link between religion and politics is to be examined by a new research centre at St Andrews University. One of the key projects at the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP) will examine Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist communities in Scotland. The centre will be launched on Thursday with a lecture by Dr Mario Aguilar, the dean of...

Source: Reuters

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK294125.htm

On February 7, 2005 Reuters reported, "Thailand's Muslim far south, where more than 500 people were killed in militant violence last year, voted solidly against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in weekend general elections.

A stunned Thaksin, who had expected victories for several of his 11 candidates in the three violence-racked provinces, said on Monday the still unofficial results...

Source: Reuters

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK261458.htm

On February 6, 2005 Reuters reported, "Voters in Thailand's largely Muslim south, where more than 500 people were killed in assassinations and explosions last year, thronged to polling stations on Sunday to vote for the restoration of peace.

Friends and foes of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said they hoped their votes would either change the government or alter government strategies...

Source: North County Times

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/02/06/special_reports/religion/21_25_052_5_05.txt

On February 5, 2005 the North County Times reported, "The 2,500-year-old cremated remains of 'The Englightened One' and other Buddhist holy men were to go on display at a Santa Monica church Saturday. Among the 30 relics to be displayed at Santa Monica's First Presbyterian Church are those of Siddhartha Guatama, or...

Source: USA Today

Wire Service: AP

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-01-30-bell-temple_x.htm

On January 30, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "it would have taken a forklift to move the 3,000-pound copper bell stolen recently from a Vietnamese Buddhist temple [in Tacoma, WA]. But the bell and its hand-carved wooden frame — together 12 feet tall — disappeared sometime between Jan. 18 and Monday, said Thich Phuoc Toan...