Sumeru News — Politics

This article about Toronto’s Tibetan community voting for the new government of Tibet in exile, at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre in Etobicoke, is from The Globe & Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/tibetan-diaspora-flocks-to-polls/article1949175/

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For the record, the Sumeru website was hacked twice last month, in attempts which originated from China. In the first instance our service provider notified us of the attack which appears to have caused no damage. In the second instance, we were part of the the Google gmail attack and lost use of portions of... Read more »

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A Press Release from the Buddhist Council of Canada… History was made on May 17, 2011 when a WESAK  TORANA was displayed on Canadian public soil for the first time, on the south lawn of the Ontario Legislature grounds, better known as Queen’s Park. It  was to commemorate the ushering in of the 2600th year... Read more »

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 — 5 pm — At Queens Park March will start from Queen’s Park and will end in Queen’s Park For many years there have been violent conflicts between indigenous minority Buddhists (Marma) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and encroaching Bengali settlers. Recently, violence has worsened, killing 3 people, injuring 20. 30... Read more »

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Qiangba Püncog, the current chairman of the Permanent Committee of the People’s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is currently in the United States and will be visiting Canada, according to this article in the English Edition of China’s People’s Daily News: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7323494.html

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