monastery [5mCn[sterI]???????????????????????????????????????Aging veterans of the war???their chests covered in medals???took part in Friday???s 11/2hour ceremony at That Luang square???bordered by a socialist-style National Assembly building as well as the country???s most sacredBuddhist monastery???the golden-spired Pha That Luang???.AP???
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The Buddha itself is larger than life???and the monastery affords a sharplook at life as a Buddhist monk???.NBC???
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Bhatti accused local Muslim leaders of using mosque public-addresssystems to urge Muslims to attack the churches???.FOX NEWS???
Muslim???Moslem???[mQzl[m]???????????????????????????Rahman???s case illustrates a split over the interpretation of the Afghan constitution???which calls for religious freedom while stating that Muslimswho reject Islam can be executed???.CNN???
nun [nQn]???????????????If you think one person can???t really make a difference???just watch the nun who won???t take???no???for an answer.Her name is Sister Mary.Twenty years ago???Sister Mary Scullion decided to find everyone living on the streets ofPhilly a home???.NBC???
observe [[b5z[???v]???????????????observance [[b5z[???v[ns]????????????????????????Scores of families gathered in a seaside neighborhood Saturday to observe the fourth anniversary of one of the nation???s deadliest airlinedisasters???.AP???
Volume is expected to be light as the U.S.stock and bond markets will close early.U.S.financial markets were closed Thursday in observance ofThanksgiving holiday???.Reuters???
pastor [5pAst[]??????A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning when he adjusted a nearby microphone while standing in water???achurch employee said???.AP???
pilgrim [5pIlgrIm]?????????pilgrimage [5pIlgrImIdV]???????????????The general said he???s been told that minister Abdul Rahman was set upon by a mob of pilgrims angry over delays in flights to the Islamic holycity of Mecca for the annual pilgrimage-the hadj???.VOA???
Pope [p[Up]??????No matter who is chosen as the next pope???John Paul II has left behind a generation of committed young Roman Catholics who are already shaping the church in a more conservative mold than did their parents.Churchleaders call them Generation John Paul II???.NBC???
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A Belgian priest detained in Rwanda accused of genocide crimes is to besent home for trial???the High Court says???.BBC???
Protestant [5prCtIst[nt]?????????Shahbaz Bhatti???head of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance -which promotes the rights of minorities in mainly Muslim Pakistan???denied the charges and condemned the attacks on the Roman Catholic and Protestantchurches???.AP???
sermon [5s[???m[n]??????The Internal Revenue Service has warned a prominent liberal church it could lose its tax-exempt status because of an anti-war sermon a guest preacher gave on the eve of the 2004presidential election???church officialssay???.CNN???
synagogue [5sIn[gCg]?????????????????????????????????????????????Israeli troops quickly cleared out a synagogue full of dozens of opponents to the Gaza pullout on Friday???avoiding a repeat of previous day???s violence in which youths holed up on a rooftop pelted soldiers with acid???oil and sand???.FOX NEWS???
Taoism [5tB???[UIz[m]??????Just over one-third of Americans are familiar with the teachings of eastern philosophies and religions such as Taoism or Buddhism.Seven percent are very familiar with these and 28percent are somewhat familiar.
64%are unfamiliar with them???.CBS???
Vatican [5vAtIk[n]????????????????????????In the 1970???s???in the wake of the Vatican II Council???he said???priests let many traditions fall by the wayside.Now???he said???the younger generation is reviving devotional practices more familiar to their grandparents thantheir parents???.CNN???
The Vatican defines matrimony as a divine union between man andwoman???.CBS???
worship [5w[???FIp]??????????????????We have underscored also to Foreign Minister Abdullah that we believe that tolerance and freedom of worship are important elements of any democracy??????U.S.State Department spokesman Scott McCormack toldreporters Tuesday.
We urge the Afghan government to conduct any legalproceedings in a transparent and fair manner.??????CNN??????11?????????agency [5eidV[nsI]?????????????????????The speed of global deforestation is showing signs of slowing down because of new planting and natural forest extension???a UN agency has said.???BBC???
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Asian and European oil firms win most of the contracts on offer at Libya???s second open licence auction???.BBC???
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US regulators say they have found???significant deficiencies???in someaudits of company accounts carried out by KPMG???.BBC???
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Japan moves closer to lifting a two-year ban on US and Canadian beefafter advisors say it poses a ???slim???risk???.BBC???
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Bush said???And so my message to corporate America is???You need to fulfillyour promises.??????CNN???Hurricane Katrina has left some people deep in debt.Now???as CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports???a new law on bankruptcy is about tomake it harder to get out of debt???.CBS???
boost [bU???st]???????????????Questions of economics and energy efficiency aside???even biofuel???s most enthusiastic proponents acknowledge that it would take decades to boost production enough to satisfy America???s growing thirst for transportationfuel???.NBC???
broker [5br[Uk[]?????????????????????Brian Doubleday???a real estate broker and owner of Realty Associates in New Orleans???said most of about 40residents he spoke with???felt they???d been treated fairly.??????AP???budget [5bQdVIt]??????Italian ministers approve a controversial deficit cutting budget designedto reform the country???s public finances???.BBC???