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Sue Monk Kidd`s newest novel, "The Invention of Wings," knocked John Grisham`s "Sycamore Row" off the top of the US fiction best-sellers list on Thursday.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 18:29
The monk, 43, "committed self-immolation," in Gansu province, which has a heavy ethnic Tibetan population, state-run news service Xinhua said on a social media account.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 11:10
A well-known Tibetan monk, who founded the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Europe, has been killed in southwest China`s Chengdu city.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 17:20
A Buddhist monk on Thursday allegedly tried to immolate himself to protest the recent blasts in Bodh Gaya, police said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 15:53
A Tibetan monk died on Tuesday after setting himself on fire at one of the holiest Buddhist shrines in Nepal, in an apparent protest against Chinese rule in Tibet.
Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 20:09
A Buddhist monk has been arrested in China for allegedly "fabricating" the suicide of a Tibetan herdsman into a case of self-immolation protesting against Chinese rule in Tibet.
Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 14:28
An explosion in a car parked meters away from a radical Buddhist monk wounded four people at a mass sermon in northern Myanmar, police said on Monday.
Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 13:58
The so-called `jet-set monk`, Luang Pu Nenkham, has claimed to be the reincarnation of a respected monk who lived several decades ago.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 14:54
Chinese police opened fire on Tibetans marking the Dalai Lama`s 78th birthday, shooting at least one monk in the head and seriously wounding several other people, two overseas groups said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2013, 18:52
A monk was arrested on the alleged charges of abduction and rape of a minor girl from Dhantala in Nadia district, police said on Friday.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 26, 2013, 16:59
A Buddhist monk, who set himself on fire to protest the slaughter of cattle, has succumbed to burn injuries, becoming the first Sri Lankan monk to self-immolate.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 14:23
Six Muslim men and one minor have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from life to two years in prison for involvement in the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence in central Myanmar.
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