Buddhist mobs terrorize Muslims in Lashio clashes
In Lashio Myanmar hundreds of armed Buddhists on motorcycles chased and attacked Muslim residents. One dead and four injured as mobs burned shops and a mosque with army troops nearby. Authorities imposed a curfew and urged calm while nine people were arrested.
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Lashio
Myanmar
Thein Sein
Min Thein
Ma Wai
Ye Htut
Khun Zaw Oo
Rakhine
Shan State
Oldest complete Torah scroll found in Bologna library
Italian Hebrew manuscript expert Mauro Perani says a 1155 to 1225 dated Torah scroll, long stored in the University of Bologna library, is the oldest complete Pentateuch scroll known. Carbon dating from Italian and U S labs confirms the revised age, while scholars caution it does not alter broader knowledge of Hebrew manuscripts.
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University of Bologna
Leningrad
Aleppo
Bologna
Mauro Perani
University of Salento
Italy
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Perani
Maimonides
Leonello Modena
Associated Press
James Aiken
Cambridge University
Giovanni Garbini
la Sapienza
Stephen Phann
University of the Holy Land
Jerusalem
Chinese tourist graffiti stirs debate on etiquette abroad
A Chinese teen scratched "Ding Jinhao was here" on a Luxor artifact, sparking nationwide soul searching over Chinese travelers. The National Tourism Administration issued eight etiquette guidelines amid rising outbound travel and a push to repair China's image abroad.
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Ding Jinhao
Luxor
Nanjing
Egypt
China
National Tourism Administration
Wang Yang
United Nations World Tourism Organization
France’s first gay marriage broadcast live on TV
In Montpellier a historic televised ceremony united Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau as France’s first gay couple to wed. Police kept watch outside City Hall amid small protests while the mayor officiated from the balcony in a moment described as historic and modernizing for the country.
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France
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City
Vincent Autin
Bruno Boileau
City Hall
Autin
Frank Sinatra
Helene Mandroux
Mandroux
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