Prague Museum issues books on Vietnamese culture

Prague, July 16 (CTK) – The Prague Municipal Museum has issued eight books on the culture, language and cuisine of the Vietnamese within an exhibition on Vietnam it currently holds, the “Knizni novinky” new books magazine has written.

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Rethinking the Measure of Growth

In considering the toll that rapid economic development is taking on Asias environment, economists in Asia want governments to reconsider the use of gross domestic product as a measure.

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Vietnam history overview

Vietnam is located in a region considered a cradle of mankind, one of the earliest agricultural centres practicing wet rice farming, where the stone and metallurgical revolutions took place.

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Vietnam history overview

 
Multi-faith prayers for AIDS sufferers

SPECIAL prayers for those who died of AIDS were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Johor Baru recently. More than 100 people attended the annual prayer service.

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Hubby left Islam in 96, widow tells court

By G Vinod SHAH ALAM: The late Rayappan Anthony could not have recited the Islamic profession of faith in his final moments because he was in a coma, the Shah Alam High Court heard today.

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Taoism, forgiveness and anger management

On the Reform Taoism member forum there’s been a really good discussion going regarding anger management and forgiveness. I’m reproducing here the essence of my posts in the thread in the hope that they may be of some wider use.

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Taoism, forgiveness and anger management

 
Major voice of Australian literature

Randolph Stow, an eminent figure in Australian literature, who won the 1958 Miles Franklin award and the 1979 Patrick White award, has died of a pulmonary embolism in Essex, England. He was 74.

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Major voice of Australian literature

 
People set up statue of Laozi, founder of Taoism

A ceremony is held to celebrate the completion of the bronze statue of Laozi (or Lao-tzu, Lao-tse 604-531 BC) in Laojunshan Mountain Laozi Culture Garden in Luanchuan County in Luoyang City, central China’s Henan Province, May 16, 2010. The 38-meter-high bronze statue has been set here to commemorate Laozi, a China’s renowned philosopher and founder of Taoism.[Photo/Xinhua]

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People set up statue of Laozi, founder of Taoism

 
In Your Congregation

MYSTERIES OF THE ORIENT, a four-part class exploring the ancient Chinese spiritual traditions of Buddhism, Taoism and Falan Dafa, 10 a.m. today, June 5 and 19 at Lehigh County Senior Center, 1633 Elm St., Allentown. Free, registration is required.

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Ilani sheds light on Cabinets inter-faith panel

By Debra Chong KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 Inter-faith dialogue in Malaysia has for years ended in a shallow cul-de-sac, until last month, when the Najib administration set up a Cabinet committee to firmly address growing religious conflicts. The inclusion of senior bureaucrats from the powerful Department of Islamic Development (Jakim) and the influential national Institute of Islamic Understanding …

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