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Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post | May 12, 2015

Are we about to enter the era of the political Buddhist?

On Thursday about 125 U.S. Buddhist leaders from across the spectrum will gather in Washington for what organizers say may be the biggest conference ever focused on bringing their faith communities into public, civic life. After the conference, the group will meet with officials at the White House, which longtime writers on U.S. Buddhism say is a first.

[Reuters]BEIJING, May 4: China has lodged a protest with the United States after a U.S. government commission said Chinese violations of religious freedom were “severe” and “systematic”, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

Devika Chhibber, News Nation | May 4, 2015 After commemorating B R Ambedkar’s 125th anniversary on a mega-scale, now the

Rani Singh, BBC News | April 27, 2015

The number of dead in the Nepal earthquake continues to rise.

But how can authorities be sure about the precise number, or even know where to search for victims among the Nepalese population, when there are tens of thousands of undocumented refugees?

[Reuters] ISLAMABAD, Apr 21: China and Pakistan launched a plan on Monday for energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan worth US$46 billion, linking their economies and underscoring China’s economic ambitions in Asia and beyond.

Naresh K Thakur, Hindustan Times | April 20, 2015

Dharamsala – Even as China’s state council, in a new white paper, lauds Tibet’s current “path of development” and denounces the spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as well as his “middle way approach”, the Tibetan government-in-exile terms the paper an attempt to whitewash the “tragic” reality on roof of the world.

Naresh K Thakur, Hindustan Times | April 18, 2015

South African anti-apartheid activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Saturday reached Dharamsala to meet his long-time friend and fellow Nobel Peace laureate the Dalai Lama.