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  • May 2008

    • Burma's Monks Forge Secret Relief Network

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 23, 08 2:11 PM CDT

      Burma's Monks Forge Secret Relief Network

      Although Burma’s junta relented today and allowed in foreign aid workers, weeks of delays and restrictions have led to the formation of an underground network of volunteers led by monks, Internet activists, and pro-democracy students. The Wall Street Journal looks at their efforts, which risk the wrath of the government but often provide the only life-sustaining aid for residents in the hardest-hit regions.  More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • monks  • emergency aid  • activists  • monastery

  • March 2008

    • China Seals Off Tibetan Capital

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 29, 08 2:51 PM CDT

      China Seals Off Tibetan Capital

      Chinese police closed off Tibet's capital today after fresh protests broke out during a tightly-orchestrated visit by diplomats. “The whole area has been shut down,” said one London-based advocacy group. Authorities swarmed Lhasa’s main temples, as monks continued demonstrating and urged Beijing to begin talks with the Dalai Lama. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • Henry Paulson  • Dalai Lama  • Tibetan independence  • Lhasa  • monks  • diplomats

    • Austrian Monks Nab Record Deal

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 23, 08 2:16 PM CDT

      Austrian Monks Nab Record Deal

      Amy Winehouse and Cistercian monks wouldn't seem to have much in common, but now they've got the same record label, the BBC reports. Universal Music's search for "sacred singers" to record a Gregorian chant album turned up an Austrian monastery dating back to 1133. "It was beautiful, beautiful music," said a Universal exec. More »

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      YouTube  • Catholic Church  • Universal Music Group  • album release  • monks  • monastery

    • Tibet Monks Protest China Rule

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Mar 11, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      Tibet Monks Protest China Rule

      Tibetan monks staged the biggest protests against the Chinese government in 2 decades yesterday, reports the Times of London. The two sides clashed in Lhasa amid sporadic gunfire. Hundreds of monks and supporters marked the anniversary of a failed 1959 Tibetan uprising. Sources say police arrested as many as 60 monks, although the Chinese government will not confirm the figures. More »

  • February 2008

    • Burma's Pens Mightier Than Censors

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Feb 13, 08 1:17 PM CST

      Burma's Pens Mightier Than Censors

      Never shy about censorship, Burma has cracked down even more since September's monk uprising—no small event in a country that ranks 164th out of 168 on the Press Freedom Index. But information-starved citizens are finding creative ways to circumvent an extreme government that bans even benign news about soccer team losses, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      Burma  • censorship  • Burma protest  • monks  • poetry  • Democratic Voice of Burma

  • December 2007

    • At 500, 1st 'America' Map Baffles

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Dec 4, 07 5:25 PM CST

      At 500, 1st 'America' Map Baffles

      The Library of Congress this week unveils the first map to use the name "America"—and the 500-year-old mysteries that go with it. The 1507 map by a German monk includes a surprisingly precise rendering of South America, Reuters reports, and seemingly predicts the contours of the continent's Pacific coast 6 years before European explorers ever saw it. More »

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      America  • monks  • South America  • Library of Congress  • maps  • North America

  • November 2007

    • Belgian Monks Balance Brewing and Benediction

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 29, 07 6:42 PM CST

      Belgian Monks Balance Brewing and Benediction

      A Belgian monastery is struggling to balance the growing global craving for Westvleteren, the "holy grail of beers," with its devout way of life, the Wall Street Journal reports. Customers are limited to two cases per month of the St. Sixtus brew, which the monks neither label nor advertise. "We sell beer to live, and not vice versa," the brewmaster says. More »

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      beer  • Belgium  • monks  • brewery

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Monasteries Get Wired

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Sep 28, 07 5:00 PM CDT

      Monasteries Get Wired

      Buddhist monks in Burma aren't the only religious brethren getting the word out on the internet these days: many American monasteries are so wired they not only correspond via email and sell-hand-crafted products over the internet, they use it to recruit new brothers. One web site, VocationsPlacement.org, matches religious communities with individuals drawn to the contemplative life, Reuters reports. More »

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      Internet  • Burma  • Kentucky  • monks  • monasteries

    • Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 7, 07 2:18 PM CDT

      Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

      Hundreds of angry monks have released Burmese government officials they held hostage for over 5 hours yesterday, the Guardian reports, in protest of the military regime’s fuel price hikes. Reading Buddhist scriptures, nearly 500 monks burned the officials’ cars, locked them inside a monastery, and surrendered the prisoners only when a senior abbot intervened. More »

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      Burma  • hostage  • Asia  • Buddhist monks  • monks  • Buddhism

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