Buddhism in Thailand Nearly 95% of Thailand's population is Buddhist of the Theravada school, though its Buddhism has become integrated with folk beliefs such as ancestor worship as well as Chinese religions from the large Thai-Chinese population. Buddhist temples are characterized by tall golden stupas, and its architecture is similar to those of Cambodia and Laos.
GROZNY, (RIA Novosti) - Two police officers were killed in Chechnya on Friday, one when the convoy he was traveling in came under fire from militants and the second when a bomb exploded in the capital.
Hamas on Friday briefly arrested a number of senior Fatah members in the Gaza Strip a day before the rival secular movement is planning to hold a key leadership vote, Fatah said.
Gun battles between clan militiamen killed at least 17 people and wounded 30 on Saturday at a pirate stronghold on the coast of Somalia, witnesses said.
JAKARTA - Indonesian police have shot dead a man suspected to be fugitive
Baitullah Mehsud killed in US attack on father-in-law’s house. Pakistan confirmed on Friday that the country's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud is killed in a missile strike and that his body was buried in South Waziristan.
A suicide car bomb devastated a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq, one of a number of attacks Friday that killed at least 37 Shiite pilgrims.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said Thursday that Hizbullah's growing weapons supplies are “an internal matterâ€. Salloukh's statement was seen as a response to accusations that Lebanon has failed to implement a United Nations resolution that would prohibit Hizbullah from rearming.
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Washington, D.C.- International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Muslim leaders are calling for Sharia to be enshrined in Kenya's constitution. The move is opposed by Christian leaders who fear that it will lead to greater persecution, as it has in Sudan and Nigeria.