(UNDATED) Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga. _ one of the first Buddhists ever elected to Congress _ seems to have slipped in through a side door while all eyes were focused on the first Muslim ever elected.

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"All officials went on hunger strike to demand they be allowed to celebrate the 70th anniversary of our founder's absence," said Nguyen Ngoc Tan, head of communications for the Buddhist group. He said ...

Hundreds of police formed a protective cordon around the residence of China’s leaders in the heart of Beijing on Tuesday night after adherents of a banned Buddhist sect gathered there to protest a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's state-sponsored governing body for Buddhist monks hosted its first conference in 19 years on ...