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- Burma: monks vs. junta (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
The longstanding tensions between the two largest organizations in Burma (Myanmar) – the military and the Buddhist clergy – are finding new outlets as both groups confront the devastating aftermath of cyclone Nargis. - Book on Buddhist temples published to welcome Vesak (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has especially published an English language version of the best selling book “Buddhist Temples” to welcome the UN Day of Vesak, which is slated to begin in Ha Noi on May 14. - Indian police probe bombing leads (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Indian police probed on Thursday whether Indian Islamist groups or Bangladeshi infiltrators were behind bombings in a popular Indian tourist city that killed 61 people this week, but made no major arrests. - Indian police probe bombing leads (TVNZ)
Indian police probed whether Indian Islamist groups or Bangladeshi infiltrators were behind bombings in a popular Indian tourist city that killed 61 people this week, but made no major arrests. - Indian police suspect Bangladeshi hand in blasts (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Police probing bombings in western India that killed 63 people said on Friday that new evidence pointed increasingly towards Indian Islamists backed by a Bangladeshi militant group as being behind the blasts. - Advertisement starts (Tiscali)
a wave of bombings in recent years, with targets ranging from mosques and Hindu temples to trains. But it is unusual for any group to claim responsibility for attacks.