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Scientists have identified the first reported case in Asia of primate-to-human transmission of simian foamy virus (SFV), a retrovirus found in macaques and other primates. The infection took place at a monkey temple in Bali, Indonesia. Even though SFV may not prove dangerous to humans, the...

Scientists have identified the first reported case in Asia of primate-to-human transmission of simian foamy virus (SFV), a retrovirus found in macaques and other primates that so far has not been shown to cause disease in humans...

Leaders of the National Council of Churches and several member denominations marked July 4 with a petition stating vehement opposition to United States policy in Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/buddhism/SIG=11nriiiaf/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/050707/ap/d8b6lfm00.html

The best way to remove misconceptions about Islam is for Muslims and Americans to sit down and talk, the head of the U.S. Consulate in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi said Tuesday...

In a likely suicide attack, unidentified militants blew up a security fence on Tuesday and stormed a northern Indian Hindu shrine at the heart of a bitter sectarian dispute, setting off a fierce gunbattle with security personnel that left five other attackers dead, officials said...

Four unidentified militants lobbing bombs and firing automatic weapons stormed a Hindu temple at one of India's holiest religious sites on Tuesday, setting off a fierce gunbattle with police that left all the attackers dead, news reports said...

Thousands of Tibetans in China received blessings from the boy picked by Beijing as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama _ the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism _ during a visit by him, the government said...

The Philippines is an important source country and destination for overseas tourism of Xiamen, a coastal city located in China's Fujian province. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/buddhism/SIG=11f133qkm/*http%3A//au.news.yahoo.com/050630/3/ux42.html

Hundreds of villagers burned a small police station in Pakistan to protest what they said was officers' failure to arrest a Muslim man who allegedly desecrated Islam's holy book, the Quran, police said...

For the first time, seers from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are planning to launch a drive against untouchability. Seers and sadhus will join hands cutting across community lines to spread the message of equality...

A coalition of radical Pakistani Islamic groups on Sunday demanded that the United States close its prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and apologize for the alleged desecration of Islam's holy book by U.S. soldiers at the detention facility...

Trade / foreign investment Art from the Louvre, space buggies and insects 600 times larger than life will wow visitors to the World Museum Culture Expo (WMCE) in Goyang, near Seoul, next month...

Middle East nations urged Israel and Palestinian leaders Tuesday to end their conflict for the sake of peace in the region while Malaysia called for greater efforts to disassociate Islam and Muslims from terrorism, at the inaugural Asia-Middle East dialogue in Singapore...

Police arrested a prominent Sikh politician on charges of sedition Tuesday in northern Punjab state, days after he demanded a separate homeland for India's Sikh minority, a news report said...

Open Secrets. Released when intelligence agencies of major global powers are facing flak for incompetence and fabrication, Open Secrets is the first attempt to break the taboo of shielding the Indian intelligence fraternity under a permanent veil...

India's main opposition Hindu nationalist party failed to decide Thursday whether to accept an offer to resign by its chief Lal Krishna Advani, submitted in response to criticism by party hard-liners following his praise of archrival Pakistan's founding father...

BANGALORE - Bomb blasts in two cinemas in New Delhi, which were initially seen as the work of miscreants opposed to the screening of a controversial Bollywood film, appear to be the work of the dreaded Babbar Khalsa International, which has strong connections among the Sikh diaspora in Canada...

More than 600 Sikh pilgrims have arrived in eastern Pakistan on a special train from neighboring India to attend a religious festival, the government said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11n6l5o0m/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/050609/ap/d8ajsobg1.html

Police on Wednesday arrested three Sikh militant suspects, including one accused of murder and two suspected of bombing cinemas in the capital last month, a news report said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11ndcju67/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/050608/ap/d8ajgajg0.html

As Asia's relative weight in the global economy grows, it is important to understand its different perspectives on Islam. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/buddhism/SIG=11p8ff44m/*http%3A//www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=4582