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Rescuers rush help to survivors of Tibet quake that killed 10 and destroyed hundreds of homes
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ Rescuers rushed tents, food and water to villagers in Tibet on Tuesday after an earthquake and scores of aftershocks rattled the capital and surrounding areas, killing at least 10 people and collapsing hundreds of houses. State media...Tags: Dalai Lama, News Agency, Injuries, Newspapers, Earthquakes
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Dalai Lama undergoes medical checkup, feeling fine and cleared to resume foreign travel
NEW DELHI (AP) _ The Dalai Lama underwent a second medical checkup in as many months Tuesday and doctors cleared him to resume foreign travel, said a spokesman for the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. The 73-year-old Dalai Lama was admitted to a Mumbai...Tags: Dalai Lama
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Hindu and Buddhist rituals herald appointment of 3-year-old living goddess in Nepal
Associated Press WriterKATMANDU, Nepal (AP) _ Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday. Wrapped in red silk and adorned with red flowers in her hair,...Tags: Hinduism
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Chinese, Russian human rights activists seen as front-runners for Peace Prize
Associated Press WritersSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Human rights activists from China and Russia are considered front-runners to win the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while bettors are putting their money on an Italian, a Syrian or an Israeli for the literature award. The annual...Tags: Medicine, Civil Unrest, Pervez Musharraf, National Government, Human Rights
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Faith in Music concert blends faiths at Coral Springs Center for the Arts
Religion EditorJack Bloomfield walked out of the Boca Raton synagogue, charged up after a big interfaith concert. "I'd love to do one of these," he remembers thinking. And he did — and has done, since that concert at Congregation B'nai Israel several years ago....Tags: Parent Organizations, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Coral Springs
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'Boneyard' by Michelle Gagnon; 'Hungry Ghosts' by Susan Dunlap
Boneyard By Michelle Gagnon Mira Books, $6.99 (paper) Michelle Gagnon's second thriller to feature FBI agent Kelly Jones (after 2007's "Tunnels") raises an interesting conundrum from a readers' perspective: what happens when the villains in a novel&#...Tags: Minority Groups, Book, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gays and Lesbians
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Nobel speculation centers on rights activists
The Associated PressSTOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Human rights activists from China and Russia are considered front-runners to win the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while bettors are putting their money on an Italian, a Syrian or an Israeli for the literature award. The annual...Tags: Medicine, Civil Unrest, Pervez Musharraf, National Government, Human Rights
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Nobel trivia: Sartre said no to prize, Gandhi missed out
Associated Press WriterSome curious facts about the Nobel Prizes, which will be announced starting next week: — A man's world: Less than 5 percent of all Nobel laureates are women. Only two women won the physics prize: Marie Curie of France in 1903 and American Maria...Tags: Dalai Lama, Jean-Paul Sartre, Henry Kissinger, Awards and Prizes, Adolf Hitler
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Myanmar: Monks mark crackdown
About 100 Buddhist monks in a western Myanmar city staged a peaceful protest march Saturday to mark the anniversary of last year's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. Meanwhile, in the country's biggest city, Yangon, recently released...Tags: Ceremonies, Democracy, Human Rights, Society
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Buddhist monks file federal lawsuit
The Buddhist monks who were denied a permit to hold services at their home in Pungo have filed a federal lawsuit. The Buddhist Education Center of America Inc., claims the city of Virginia Beach violated its religious rights and the Religious Land Use...Tags: Laws, Pungo, Civil Laws
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Texas ed board members recommend lawsuit-prone Bible curriculum
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Four State Board of Education members are promoting a public school Bible curriculum that has been criticized as favoring conservative Protestant views and has already landed some districts in court. An e-mail to Texas school...Tags: Road Transportation, Metal and Mineral, Harry Thomas, Curricula, Laws
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With 'Sticky & Sweet,' Madonna focuses on touring
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comReady for Madonna's latest transformation? For her new "Sticky & Sweet" tour, which makes its American debut on Saturday at the Izod Center and stays for four nights at Madison Square Garden next week, Madonna has adopted yet another new persona. She's...Tags: Dalai Lama, Kanye West, Satellite and Cable Service, Madison Square Garden, Stephen King
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