Rev. Danny Fisher

Just a Buddhist Minister Trying to Benefit Beings

Month: February, 2009

February 28, 2009

Wow…

People are capable of some pretty amazing things, ya know?

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February 28, 2009

Tibet News (2.27.09)

“The Dalai Lama greets reporters as he reaches the foot of the Himalayas after escaping from Tibet in 1959.” Photo by Peter Jackson for Reuters.
Here are the Tibet-related headlines for today:

  • Reuters reporter Peter Jackson recalls covering His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 1959 escape to India for the venerable news agency. Jackson’s photos (including the one above) are reprinted too.
  • The Washington Post reports that “a young Tibetan monk was shot by Chinese police after he set himself on fire Friday, the third day of the Tibetan New Year, at a market in Sichuan province’s Aba prefecture.”
  • USA Today points us to the news that the Chinese government has responded to the U.S. State Department’s report on their egregious human rights record with a report on U.S. human rights violations.

    • February 28, 2009

    Burma News (2.27.09)

    Here are today’s Burma-related headlines:

  • Reuters brings us the news that a new U.S. State Deparment report says, “Poppy cultivation in [Burma], the second largest opium producer, has increased in recent years, along with production of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs.”
  • More bad news: Reuters also reports that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) “will send hundreds of Rohingya boat people back to military-ruled [Burma], which rights groups fear gives them little in the way of protection.”
  • Speaking of ASEAN, the Associated Press managed to obtain a copy of a confidential document about the coalition’s new human rights body that will apparently “promote fundamental freedoms,” but lack the ability to punish rights violators like Burma’s junta.

    • February 27, 2009

    Global Oneness Project: Fleet Maull on Finding Humanity

    February 27, 2009

    A Little Dose of Reality from the Coen Brothers

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