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• Karmapa Lama calls for environment protection

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Patna, Dec 25 (IANS) Buddhist religious head Karmapa Lama has called for the protection of environment across the globe.In his address beginning Thursday at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, the 17th Karmapa Lama, Ogyen Thrinley Dorje, a spiritual leader of the Kagyu sect Buddhists, said there was a need to improve the environment ...
  3 days ago

• Chinese Lion Dance

  
  Indonesia Matters News Feed — Authority: 116
  Whether barongsai Chinese lion dancing is banned Aceh or there are just misunderstandings. In what seems a similar case to that in Pontianak, West Kalimantan , last year, it has been claimed that the staging of Chinese barongsai dances has again been prohibited in Indonesia, this time in another backwater ...
  5 days ago

• Hindus laud Singapore for issuing Diwali Aerogramme

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Hindus worldwide have applauded Singapore for issuing a special Airmail Aerogramme marking Deepavali (Diwali), the most popular Hindu festival also known as “festival of lights”.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Singapore coming out with Deepavali Aerogramme was a ...
  1 week ago

• Singapore issues Diwali Aerogramme

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Nevada (US), Dec 21 (ANI): Hindus worldwide have applauded Singapore for issuing a special Airmail Aerogramme marking Deepavali (Diwali), the most popular Hindu festival also known as “festival of lights”.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Singapore coming out with ...
  1 week ago

• Buddhists barbecued? Its Thailand’s fault!

  
  Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami — Authority: 523
  At least that’s how Al Reuters reports it:The troubled rubber-rich provinces — Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat — were part of a Muslim sultanate until annexed a century ago by...
  1 week ago

• Buddhist cultural mask dance attract tourist at Rumtek

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Rumtek (Sikkim), Dec 19 (ANI) : Foreign tourists witnessed a spectacular mask dance - Kagyad dance, performed by Buddhist monks at a monastery in Rumtek in Sikkim.Buddhists monks sport a mask while taking part in the Kagyad dance.The mask dance performance is a part of the annual harvest festival called Lossong. It ...
  1 week ago

• Copenhagen climate conference’s giant globe: A sign of things to come?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  An enormous white globe dangled in Copenhagen’s Bella Centre, the location of the world’s largest ever leaders’ summit on climate change, could be an unintended yet chilling sign of things to come. An observant attendee made it clear by scribbling on the giant model of the earth that its designers forgot to ...
  1 week ago

• The Nordstrom of Restaurants: Medjool Rooftop Granted Two Months to Play Nice

  
  Eater SF — Authority: 591
  Nearly a year after the issue of its illegal rooftop bar was first brought to light (oh politics), Medjool finally had its day in court yesterday, though a definitive ruling still wasnt handed down yet. The upshot of yesterdays two-hour hearing before the Board of Appeals was that the Board voted four to one in ...
  1 week ago

• 10 percent quota for Muslims recommended (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) After a delay of 20 months since it was presented, the government Friday tabled in the Lok Sabha a report on the status of minorities in India that has recommended 10 percent quota for Muslims - the largest minority in the country - in government jobs, educational institutions and [...]
  1 week ago

• Sarkozy’s tough message on climate – did it get through?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  After one and a half days of mostly uninspired and often irrelevant speeches by world leaders, French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked to the podium at UN climate talks in Copenhagen and produced a seven minute rallying cry - focused, energetic and packed with more punch than the rest put together. Jabbing his ...
  1 week ago

• The strange spectacle of too many heads of government

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  There are around 120 heads of government at the Copenhagen climate talks, so many that it’s hard to keep track of the exact number. Their presence has been trumpeted as a sign of the world’s commitment to tackling climate change. But in return for showing up, they all want a chance to address the conference – ...
  1 week ago

• Auxiliary verbs at 10pm and the scarcest resource – sleep

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  The issues are global and urgent, but the bureaucracy can sometimes be mind-bogglingly slow and petty. After a day of stalled talks, the 193 nations at UN-led climate talks finally met for a plenary to discuss one of the main drafts floating around the summit, just two days (and two hours) from the deadline for a ...
  1 week ago

• Can you trust the science?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Today we pose the question to our virtual panel of experts, “How far can we trust the science of climate change?” Join the debate and leave your comments below. Bjorn Lomborg , statistician and author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist”: The vast majority of climate scientists tell us that increases ...
  1 week ago

• Rainy Taiwan faces awkward water shortage

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
   Chronically rainy Taiwan faces a rare water shortage as leaders ask that people on the dense, consumption-happy island of 23 million finally start changing habits as dry weather is forecast into early 2010.  Taiwan, a west Pacific island covered with rainforests and topical fruit orchards, is used to rain in ...
  1 week ago

• Are the Copenhagen climate talks failing?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  In the last few days it has seemed like the only thing everyone can agree on in Copenhagen is that time is running out. The heads of state start arriving today and descend in full force on Thursday. Negotiators say they don’t want their leaders arguing over the placement of a comma or a set of brackets, and so ...
  1 week ago

• Change must start from grassroots, Schwarzenegger tells COP15

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  The COP15 conference on climate change will be a success even if no deal comes out of it, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Tuesday in Copenhagen. “It depends on what your definition of a deal is,” Schwarzenegger told the media. “The important thing is to move the agenda forward.” The ...
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• What can ordinary people do to slow climate change?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Today’s expert panel discusses the question, “What can ordinary people do to slow climate change?” Join the discussion and let us know what you think. ************** Gidon Eshel , physics professor at Bard College: What can ordinary people do to slow climate change? A lot. Which is extremely important ...
  2 weeks ago

• Climate skeptic: We are winning the science battle

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  - Dr. Fred Singer is the President of The Science & Environmental Policy Project and Professor Emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia. The views expressed are his own - The International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) charter states that the organization’s purpose is to look for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Coke says green strategy will win business

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Having an integrated clean technology strategy will be a big part of winning business in the 21st century, a Coca-Cola executive told Reuters.com on Monday, and its investments in refrigeration will likely have the biggest impact on that strategy long-term. The worlds biggest soft drinks maker has hooked up with ...
  2 weeks ago

• Islamophobia, Christian and Western Hypocrisy

  
  Gord's Poetry Factory — Authority: 124
  Some music to begin the week: For the late Jerry Falwell and other Evangelical Fundamentalists who believe America has abandoned traditional Judeo-Christian values and is embracing "Secular Humanism", Socialism, Communism, pluralism and multiculturalism. His God shouldnt be confused with the Nazarene and the ...
  2 weeks ago

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