............................BUDDHISM IN EUROPE
.....Sweden: A growing interest in Buddhism.     Rev. Dao Chuan Shakya
.....Buddhism in United Kingdom.     Dhammaduta Website
.....Buddhism in Germany.     Martin H. Petrich 
.....Buddhism in Denmark.     Ole Felsby and Pia Jeppesen
.....Buddhism in Norway.    Haavard Lorentzen
.....Buddhism in Russia.     Igor Troyanovsky

.............BUDDHISM IN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA
.....Why is Buddhism the fastest growing religion in Australia?   Darren Nelson 
.....Buddhism in America.    Robert Topmiller
 

.....Asoka and His Missions.    Narada Mahathera
......Ambebkar's Conversion to Buddhism: Factors and after Effect.   Dr. Arun Kumar Sinha
......Rev. Sri Dhammananda: Serving the world.
.....A Brief Biography of Buddhist Nuns in Vietnam in the Twentieth Century and Their Contributions.  Bhikkhuni Tuong Lien
 

.....Progress of Buddhist Studies in Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China and Japan.     Prof. P.V. Bapat and Dr. J.N. Takasaki
.....Spirituality on sale.     Manpreet Singh 
.....Interpretation of Buddhist terminology at the background of Chinese traditional thoughts.      Latika Lahiri
.....Restoring the Order of Nuns to the Theravaadin Tradition.    Senarat WijayaSundara
.....Compassion in Action.   Manpreet Singh
.....Afghanistan's famous Buddhas under death sentence.   (AFP, Feb 26)
.....Destroy ancient statues: Taliban leader.    (AFP, Feb 27) 
.....We're breaking stones only: Taliban.     (Agencies, Feb 28)
.....Islamic Attack on Buddhist Heritage Raises Outcry.   Manpreet Singh
.....Taliban go ahead and blast Buddha’s statues.   (Agencies, March 1) 
.....Taliban to destroy world's tallest Buddha statue.    (AP, March 1) 
.....Taliban begins pulling down statues, VHP vows retaliation.   (Agencies, March 1) 
.....Lanka moves to save Buddhas.    (AFP, March 1)
.....LS concerned over Taliban decree.    (The Times of India News Service, March 1)
.....India offers to transfer Buddha artifacts.     (The Times of India and PTI, March 2) 
.....Muslim leaders condemn Taliban destruction.   (PTI, March 2) 
.....Taliban smash ancient statues, defy world appeals.   (Reuter, March 2) 
.....Taliban launch tank, rocket attacks on Buddha statues.   (AFP, March 2) 
.....World reacts in horror as Taliban begin rampage.    (AFP, March 2) 
.....UNESCO chief sends special envoy to Kabul.    (AFP, March 2) 
.....Dalai Lama laments statues' destruction.    (The Times of India, March 2) 
.....Enraged Taliban using 'any weapon they find' to get Buddha.    (Agencies , March 2) 
.....Vajpayee urges world leaders to stop Taliban demolition.    (PTI , March 2) 
.....BJP workers demonstrate against Taliban.    (PTI, March 2) 
.....Japan joins protests.    (AP, March 2)
.....Protests in Pak on Taliban's action.    (IANS, March 2)
.....Afghan envoy condemns Taliban crusade.    (Maneesh Pandey , March 2)
.....Heritage lovers scream it's cultural carnage.    (Maneesh Pandey  , March 2)
.....I can't sleep, says the man who helped save the Buddhas.    (Kota Neelima , March 2)
.....Indian PM writes to world leaders on statue demolition.   (PTI, March 2)
.....Afghan Statues Models for Asia's Giant Buddhas.    (Tom Heneghan, March 2)
.....Afghan Taliban Defy Condemnation, Blast Buddhas.      (Sayed Salahuddin, March 2)
.....Restrain Taliban, PM urges world leaders.      (The Times of India News Service, March 3) 
.....UN launch efforts to save Buddha statues.   (Agencies , March 3)
.....We are demolishing Buddhas piece by piece: Taliban.    (Reuters/AFP , March 3)
.....Bamiyan Buddhas bypassed in southeast Asian front.     (Harvey Stockwin, March 3) 
.....Buddha statues lose head, legs.     (Agencies, March 3)
.....Taliban Says Smashes Major Afghan Statue Collection.      Sayed Salahuddin 
.....China's Buddhists Condemn Taliban Destruction.     (Reuters march 3) 
.....Fate of Buddha Statues in Afghanistan Unclear.    (Reutor, March 3)
.....India Asks Taliban for Statues.     (AP, March 3)
.....Bangladesh Buddhists, Hindus condemn Taliban action.     (IANS, March 4)
.....Buddhas will be destroyed: Taliban minister.    (Agencies, March 4)
.....Taliban want to be taken seriously.   (Siddharth Varadarajan, March 4)
.....The Taliban is a state of mind.    (Jyotirmaya Sharma, March 4)
.....A page of history has been torn.     (Maneesh Pandey, March 4)
.....Why is the world helpless?      (Mona Mehta, March 4)
.....Taliban demolish Buddha statues.   (AP, March 4)
.....Hope for Buddhas as Taliban send mixed messages.    (AFP, March 4)
.....How the Taliban stand to gain.    (Sreedhar, March 4)
.....Why the Taliban are doing it.    (Siddharth Varadarajan, March 4)
.....Buddhas fall to Taliban savagery.    (Agencies, March 4) 
.....Taliban demolish ancient statues.     Linda Fasulo and Emad Mekay
.....Taliban reject UNESCO plea over statues: Report.   (AFP, March 5)
.....Germany to seek UN resolution against Taliban.    (AFP, March 5) 
.....Taliban chief firm on destroying Buddha statues.        (AFP, March 5) 
.....Bamiyan Buddhas a greater loss for India.    Sudha Passi 
.....'Taliban misunderstood Islamic sayings on heritage'    (March 5)   Maneesh Pandey 
.....Islamic intellectuals condemn Taliban.    (March 5)  The Times of India News Service 
.....It's all over for Bamyan Buddhas.      (Agencies, March 5) 
.....Bajrang Dal warns of backlash to Taliban action.   (PTI, March 5)
.....Taliban chief seeks support from Muslim world.    (AFP, March 5)
.....Taliban thumbs nose at global outcry.     (AFP / PTI, March 5) 
.....Photo gallery: Taliban destroying all Buddha statues in Afghanistan. 
.....Site under siege. The Times of India 
.....Why the Taliban are doing it.     (March 6)  Siddharth Varadarajan 
.....How the Taliban stand to gain.  (March 6)  Sreedhar
.....US urges Taliban to halt destruction of statues.    (IANS, March 7)
.....Taliban rule out compromise on giant Buddhas.    (Reuters, March 7)
.....China flays Taliban action on statues.      (PTI)
.....Despite Eid, Taliban dynamite Buddhas.     (AFP, March 8)
.....Buddha demolitions raise dust in cyberspace.     (March 8)    Ashwani Talwar 
.....Security Council slams Buddha destruction.      (AP, March 8)
.....Powell assails Taliban's act.      (IANS, March 8)
.....Holocaust of human heritage: Taliban worst culprit in history.   Inder Malhotra 
.....Defenceless Buddhas.      (The Tribute Editorial, March 8)
.....Lankan PM to travel to Pak in bid to save statues.      (AP, March 9)
.....VHP takes up Buddha's cause.        Ambikanand Sahay 
.....France hopeful of getting Taliban to reverse decision.      Ranvir Nayar 
.....Taliban behead Buddha statues.      (Reuters, March 9)
.....Taliban blow head off larger Buddha statue.      (AFP, March 9)
.....The Buddha Smiles.     The Times of India 
.....The Taliban Terror: India's Record is not Spotless.     Swami Agnivesh & Valson Thampu 
.....Let us all react, but with compassion.    Lama Doboom Tulku 
.....Bullets for the Buddha: While Hunger, Deaths Stalk Afghans.    Jawid Laiq
.....Taliban: Another Frankenstein’s monster.     Vir Sanghvi 
.....Egypt to send envoy to Afghanistan to save statues.    (AP, March 9) 
.....Pak minister to try to stop demolition of Buddha statues.     (PTI, March 9) 
.....Faithless Vandalism.     The Times of India
.....Buddha statues destroyed "completely," Buddhists react differently.  (March 10)   Manpreet Singh
.....Bombarding at Bamiyan.     (March 10)     Sanjoy Hazarika 
.....Taliban had promised to protect Bamiyan Buddhas.  (March 10)   Ashwani Talwar 
.....Afghan Buddhas almost destroyed: Taliban.     (AFP, March 10)
.....Buddha statues impermanent: Should Buddhists keep mum?   Manpreet Singh
.....A Lesson on Cyber-Buddhism.      Pst. Gerald Chen Hsiongcai
.....Buddhist Evangelism into the 21st Century.       Pst. Gerald Chen Hsiongcai
.....Buddhism Blooms Amid the Forests of the Catskills.  Terence Neilan
.....Spiritual Teabreak with Chief Ven. Dr K Sri Dhammananda.  A BNN Interview
.....Handy compendium of Dhamma: Vesak Sirisara 2545/2001.
.....Public warned of bogus monks.   Faridah Begum & Hwa Mei Shen 
.....Chinese Vice President Visits Tibetan Buddhist Temple.    China People's Daily 
.....UNESCO Japan panel urges stronger cultural asset protection.   The Japan Times
.....Plunder in the valley of the Buddhas.
.....Princeton prof. says 'No' to Sri Lanka child monks.   Kyodo News 
.....Promoting Buddhism in Europe.   Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
.....'Little Lhasa': Tibetan spirit endures in the Dalai Lama's Indian home.
.....Religious sites, relics indicate Christ beat Buddha to Japan.    The Japan Times
.....The Bogus Menace: Public needs to be empowered to eliminate "bogus monks" 
.....Buddha's Birthplace Threatened by Dam.   The Associated Press
.....Thai monks struggle with drug addiction.    The National Post
.....Viewing Kandy Esala perahera - a meditation.   Dhammawardane Halliyadde
.....Sri Lanka's Buddhist clergy want to ban conversion to Christianity.     The Radio Australia
.....Sinhalese monk raises Tamil orphans.    Inter Press Service
.....The Kandy Esala Perahera.      Lake House News
.....Of Child Ordination and the Rights of Children.    The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon 
.....Shahrukh seeks Dalai’s blessings for "Ashoka"     The Indian Express
Living with the Buddhas of Angkor.     The Guardian Post 
.....Drowning the Buddha's birthing pool.   The Guardian Post 
.....Buddhist nun Tenzin Palmo spent 12 years alone in the Himalayas.    The National Post 
.....UNESCO envoy leads rescue of endangered Afghan Assets.    The Kyodo New 
.....Tibet's spiritual leader offers insights.     Bangkok Post
.....Living Buddhism’s Past Glory.       Krishna Kumar V.R
.....Sophia University team finds Kannon pillar in Cambodia.       Yomiuri Shimbun 
.....E-learning Buddhism on the Internet.     Venerable Pannyavaro 
.....Fighting monks of Shaolin Buddhist monks pass on ancient martial art to young.     The Star 
.....A Living Dhamma Seminar.    The Dhamma Times
.....Easton last tour stop for monks: Tibetans to create ancient art inside local business.   The Express-Times
.....Buddhist benefactors - local couple conduct worldwide relief drive.     The Dhamma Times & Religion Journal 
.....Tibetan master says conversion is never instant.     The Dallas Morning News
.....Buddhist master enthralls devotees.     The Dallas Morning News
.....A monk first, a CEO second.   The Straits Times  & The Dhamma Times 
.....Thousands of Hindus convert to Buddhism in India racism protest.    The Associated Press
.....Southeast Asia's largest sitting Buddha opens in Kelantan.    AFP
.....Thailand to donate golden casket  to Dalada Maligawa     Lakehouse
.....Millionaire to Monk    Lankanew
.....Malaysia's Chief Monk Brand US Attacks "Heartless and Mindless"  The Buddhist News Bureau
.....The Dalai Lama's letter to the President of the United States of America   The Dhamma Times & The Dalail Lama's Office
.....Thich Nhat Hanh: What I would say to Osama Bin laden ?  Interview by Ann A. Simpkinson 
.....Buddhism   blooms   in  Little  Lhasa    by  Krishna Kumar V.R 
.....Buddhism won “The Best Religion In The World” award  Tribune de Geneve
.....Buddhists around the world

.....Hindu Outcasts Embrace Buddhism in India     by Sugita Katyal

.....Thousands Covert to Buddhism in India     by  Ashok Sharma

.....Over 30,000 lower-caste Hindus convert to Buddhism in Delhi ceremony      Agence France-Presse