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Indian artisans build the country's largest reclining Buddha statue

(Scroll to the right to see more)Indian artisans construct the country's largest reclining Buddha statue in Kolkata. This statue will be 100-feet long and initially made of cl

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Egyptian archaeologists make two rare discoveries in Luxor, Aswan

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Suicide attack on Pakistani shrine kills 72, claimed by Islamic State

A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 72 people and wounding dozens more in the deadliest of a wave of bombings across the South Asian nation this week.

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40 killed, 100 injured as suicide blast hits shrine in SW Pakistan

​At least 40 people were killed and over 100 others injured after a suicide blast hit a shrine in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan district on Saturday night, local media and officials said.

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85 Japan lawmakers visit controversial Yasukuni war shrine to mark autumn festival

​A group of 85 Japanese lawmakers visited a controversial war shrine on Tuesday (Oct 18), in an annual pilgrimage that has angered China and South Korea, who see it as a painful reminder of Tokyo's warring past.

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Japan PM sends ritual offering to notorious Yasukuni Shrine

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering Monday to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during the war-linked shrine's annual autumn festival, regardless of the feelings of the peoples of Japan's Asian neighbors.

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Abe sends ritual offering to notorious Yasukuni Shrine

Regardless of the feelings of the peoples of neighboring countries, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday sent a ritual offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on the 71st anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II.

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Japan's cabinet minister visits notorious Yasukuni Shrine

New reconstruction minister of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet visited the war-linked notorious Yasukuni Shrine here on Thursday.

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Car crashes into central Bangkok 's Erawan Shrine, injuring 6

Six people were injured on Friday evening after a car crashed into the fence of the Erawan Shrine, the popular tourist attraction in central Bangkok, local media reported.

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China urges correct view of history from Japanese politicians

China on Friday urged Japan's political figures to uphold correct conception of history after a group of Japanese lawmakers visited the Yasukuni Shrine.

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Japanese lawmakers visit war-linked Yasukuni Shrine en masse

​A group of lawmakers on Friday visited the controversial war-linked Yasukuni Shrine which stands as a symbol of Japan's militarism and honors its war dead including criminals convicted by an international tribunal.

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S.Korea urges Japan to face up to history after Abe's offerings to war-linked shrine

​South Korea on Thursday urged Japan to squarely face up history in a right way after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ritual offerings to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

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Japan's Abe, senior gov't officials make ritual offerings at war-linked Yasukuni Shrine

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe along with some notable senior politicians on Thursday made ritual offerings to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

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Japanese PM makes offering to notorious war-linked shrine

apanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an offering on Thursday to a symbol of past Japanese military expansionism, Yasukuni Shrine, despite neighbors China and South Korea's call to stop such provocative move.

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Japanese police arrest S. Korean man linked to Yasukuni Shrine blast

Japanese police arrested a South Korean man Wednesday in connection with an explosion at the notorious Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo last month.

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70 Japanese lawmakers pay homage to notorious Yasukuni shrine

​Some 70 Japanese lawmakers visited the notorious war-linked Yasukuni shrine Tuesday, following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ritual offering and two ministers' visits.

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S.Korea denounces Abe for making offering to controversial war shrine

​South Korea's foreign ministry on Sunday denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his making a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni shrine, a site widely seen as a symbol of Japan's militarist past.