Pilgrim visitors view preserved monk in Taiwan cave
In Shenshui Village, Pu Chao the monk who died in January 1983 at age 93 is displayed in a cave behind Sanchia Kungcheng Temple. Thousands of pilgrims have been allowed to see and even touch the body reputed to have achieved a golden body status. Disciples clean the corpse weekly and say the body shows no decay. Two other monks, Tzu Hang and Ching Yen, are also preserved on earthen jars, said to be undisturbed since their deaths in 1954 and 1970.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Pu Chao
Sanchia Kungcheng
Shenshui
Taiwan Buddhist Association
Tzu Hang
Ching Yen
Scripps Howard News Service
Bulls Run Brings Bruises in Pamplona Second Day
AP reports seven people including an American were bruised and battered as crowds dashed ahead of fighting bulls in Pamplona during the second of eight runs of the San Fermin festival. Twelve have now been treated at local hospitals. Minnesota runner Eric Berg, 24, dislocated a shoulder amid the sprint from corral to city bullring.
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Pamplona
Spain
Ernest Hemingway
Eric Berg
Minnesota
Corral
Virgen del Camino Hospital
Refugees Return Amid Rwanda War Aftermath
weary refugees walk toward Kigali along a shell scarred road after the capital fell to the Rwandan Patriotic Front, signaling a pause in fighting. U.N. envoy Shahryar Khan says conditions for a ceasefire include accountability for ethnic massacres and banned Hutu officials from talks, as aid agencies warn of dire needs and a looming food crisis.
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Kigali
Rwanda
Rwandan Patriotic Front
U.N
Shahryar Khan
Patriotic Front
U.N. Security Council
Khan
Juppe
Red Cross
Philppe Gaillard
France
UN Security Council
United Nations
Chinese Premier Li Peng Cancels Germany Visit and Stays in Munich
Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng cancelled the rest of his official events in Germany after protests at Lake Tegernsee area and near Munich. He remained in his Munich hotel with no stated reason, declined alternative routes, and planned to continue to Romania the following day.
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Li Peng
Germany
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Bavarian State Chancellery
Lake Tegernsee
Romana
Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Weinar
Benjing
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