Indian farmers oppose giant Buddha statue
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An international Buddhist organization's plans may displace hundreds.
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India will stage celebrations to mark the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal but archeological concerns have forced organisers to shift the event away from the monument.
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BamiyanÂs Buddhist relics are once again the focus of debate: Is it possible to restore the great Buddhas?
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Kanaiyalal Jiwanlal, a businessman from Valsad in Gujarat, has seen sectarian violence and a killer earthquake devastate parts of the western Indian state. Compared to such upheavals, the blockade of Kathmandu, called by Maoists, holds no terror for him.
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The world looked on helplessly four years ago as Islamic zealots destroyed two enormous standing Buddha statues overlooking Afghanistan's Bamian Valley,  but recent explorations at the ancient site have led researchers to conclude that all may not have been lost. A third, much larger statue -- a 1,000-foot-long sleeping Buddha -- may still be buried nearby.
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Indian farmers and traders, opposed to the entry of private retail giants such as Wal-Mart, are building a chain of superstores as part of efforts to sell their produce directly and stop prices being set by a few big players.
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Thai Buddhist leaders are urging their  government to protest against a poster advertising the U.S.  indie film "Hollywood Buddha," which features its writer and  director sitting on the head of a Buddha image.
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Muslims protested Friday in the Gaza Strip, Pakistan and Denmark against the reprinting of a Danish newspaper cartoon depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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India's drive to adopt a western economic model is threatening those who make their living from the jungle.
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A protest march by thousands of landless Indian farmers and indigenous people is about to reach Delhi.
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An opposition group in India burns the $2,500 "people's car" in effigy, charging that Tata Motors usurped farmers' lands for a factory.
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Thousands of low-caste Hindus seeking to escape the oppression of India&#39;s rigid caste system on Sunday embraced Buddhism in a mass conversion.
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Ashutosh Gowariker's historical epic Jodhaa Akbar is facing trouble, with the Rajput   community of Rajasthan threatening to stall the release of the movie in the state.
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Burmese pro-democracy groups in India say they will protest against a visit by military leader Than Shwe.
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Several hundred Indian Sikhs Sunday staged a protest in the Himalayan region of Kashmir against a ban imposed by the French government on the wearing of religious symbols, including turbans, in schools.
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The protests by Buddhist monks are part of a decades-long battle for democracy
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka&#39;s Buddhist clergy yesterday called off a protest against a Bollywood concert being staged on the first anniversary of the death of a popular monk, but their followers later clashed with police, officials and witness said.