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...Lanka and India, he plans to return to his village because "that is where my call is." Christians currently constitute about 8% of Sri Lanka's population of 17 million; the growth of the faith, Saravanapavan believes, could have a positive impact on a nation suffering bloody division between Buddhist Sinhalese and his own minority of Hindu Tamils. "The Christians come from all communities in Sri Lanka," he said. "Only the Prince of Peace can unite my country...
...slow start and never recovered. The Socialists, long the ruling party's most serious adversary, lost 25 seats in the lower house, bringing their total down to 86. The moderate Democratic Socialists did not fare much better, dropping sharply, from 37 seats to 26. The centrist, Buddhist-oriented Clean Government Party did slightly better, losing only two of its 59 seats. Commented Tokyo Political Analyst Takayoshi Miyagawa: "It is more accurate to say that the opposition parties were badly beat up rather than that the L.D.P...
...visiting Tokyo last week was wrangling over the yen and fretting over international terrorism. Anna Maria Craxi, the stylish and ebullient wife of Italy's Prime Minister, was asked through the usual very proper channels what she would like to see during her visit. Kabuki, perhaps? Tea ceremony? A Buddhist temple? Craxi had another idea: an Issey Miyake fashion show. So, snug within the security perimeter of her hotel, Craxi got a close look at some of the world's most beautiful clothes at a presentation narrated by the designer himself...
...Tamils, who are mainly Hindu, claim that over the past 38 years since the country, then known as Ceylon, won independence from Great Britain, their 2 million people have been discriminated against by the island's 11.8 million predominantly Buddhist Sinhalese majority. The rebels argue that they can achieve full rights to education and employment only by establishing a separate homeland, which they call Eelam...
Recent archaeological research in China and the Soviet Union will be the basis for exploration of Buddhist history in the course, according to Barbaro...