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Talent more important than money
Shanghai :: China | 1 year ago
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The Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, built in 366 AD, are the world's largest and best protected site for Buddhist art, and have been listed as a World Heritage Site since December 1987. Because the Grottoes are located in the remote Gobi desert in Northwest
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Angkor Wat temple replica to rise on banks of the Ganges
Patna :: India | 1 year ago
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Maseeh Rahman in Delhi The temple of Angkor Wat near Siam Reap, Cambodia. Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA Though India is the homeland of Hindus, their grandest temple stands thousands of miles away in Cambodia . Now the trustee of a temple in Bihar
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Sri Lanka: A wild mix of ancient and modern Asia
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 1 year ago
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Mar 6, 2012 19:39 In the classic film The Bridge on the River Kwai, filmed in Sri Lanka, the protagonist Col. Nicholson remarks: We can teach these barbarians a lesson in Western methods and efficiency that will put them to shame.
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Sportsperson crosses all hurdles with �I can� spirit
Mumbai :: India | 1 year ago
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Vaishali Salavkar wears several hats with ease chess champion, half-marathon runner and professional masseuse. And between all this, she has managed to find time to raise a 12-year-old daughter. That Vaishali is partially visually challenged is one
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Slow connection: Myanmar test for IT crowd
Yangon :: Myanmar | 1 year ago
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Topics A disabled Buddhist monk walks on the grounds of Shwedagon Pagoda during the 2,600th anniversary of the pagoda in Yangon February 29, 2012. Myanmar has fewer phones per capita than any other country and probably the fewest Internet connections,
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Bihar stupa could contain Buddha relics
Patna :: India | over 1 year ago
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The Archaelogical Survey of India ( ASI ) is set to begin excavation of a newly-found ancient stupa that was badly damaged and has been lying neglected for centuries in Bihar's Begusarai district, an official said Saturday. The Patna circle of the
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Impact of Thai floods continues to affect firms
Ayutthaya :: Thailand | over 1 year ago
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Businesses in central Thailand are still feeling the economic fallout from last year's devastating floods...Executives are taking no chances after 250 factories were inundated putting 200,000 people out of work and disrupting global supply chains of
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Incumbent Kyoto mayor re-elected
Kyōto :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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Incumbent Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa, an independent supported by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and major opposition parties, was re-elected Sunday to a second four-year term after defeating the Japanese Communist Party-backed candidate he
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Sikkim: Funds for owners to demolish quake-damaged buildings
Gangtok :: India | over 1 year ago
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The Department, the sources said, has, therefore, placed a proposal with the state government suggesting that monetary assistance be provided to house owners for undertaking demolition on their own. The department would provide any technical
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Video News: Bodh Gaya gears up for Buddha Mahotsav
Bihār :: India | over 1 year ago
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Buddhist monks, religious scholars and officials from different parts of the world are attending the festival, which would open on Friday. Member secretary, Bodh Gaya temple management committee, Nangzey Dorjee told Asian News International that
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