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Taxila monastery is 300 years older than previously thought

April 10th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

New carbon dating tests performed on charcoal found at the only Buddhist monastery in the Taxila Valley, Pakistan, has revealed

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Ancient Buddist relics found in India

April 13th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Broken pieces of 7th century Buddha statues have been found in Karnataka, India. The face of the Buddha’s head is

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Two huge Buddhist statues found at Angkor Wat

November 2nd, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Two large Buddhist statues have been unearthed in Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex. Ly Vanna, an artifacts expert for the

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Buddha statue unearthed in Kyrgyzstan

July 19th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A statue of a seated Buddha has been unearthed in the hills outside of Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek. “This sculpture is as high

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Mining destroys ancient Buddhist caves

July 19th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Four ancient Buddhist caves have been demolished during mining activities in India. Amid reports that the four caves, located around

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Copper mining threatens ancient monastery

June 14th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A mining operation in Afghanistan is threatening to destroy a 1,400-year-old Buddhist monastery. The monks settled here because there was

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China to restore eaves to ancient Buddhist grottoes

May 10th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists and engineers at the 15,000-year-old Yungang Grottoes are working to restore protective eaves to slow down weathering of the

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A thousand workers race to save Buddhist relics

April 8th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A thousand workers are rushing to recover as many Buddhist artifacts as they can from the sites of ancient monasteries

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Question of the Moment
Government eavesdropping on private citizens has been happening for centuries. Is the current episode a violation of the fourth amendment of the Constitution which guards against unreasonable search?
- No. The government is not doing anything unreasonable.
- Yes. It is unreasonable and the surveillance should be stopped at once. The Constitution says "We the People." It does not say, "We the Government."
- Yes. It is unreasonable but we have to understand that the threat to public safety requires action.
- The question is academic. The unauthorized surveillance is pretty much ineffective anyway (e.g. the Boston Marathon bombing)
- If the framers of the Constitution could see the 21st century, they would understand that new technology requires action not imagined in the 18th century.
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