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AFP : Vietnam backs down in stand-off with dissident Buddhist monks

  Agence France Presse   HANOI, Oct 8 (AFP) – A tense stand-off between Vietnamese security forces and two senior monks from an outlawed Buddhist church ended peacefully Wednesday after travel restrictions against them were lifted, overseas Buddhist sources said. Thich Huyen Quang, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of …

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AFP : Dissident Vietnamese monks in vehicle stand-off with police

  Agence France Presse   HANOI, Oct 8 (AFP) – Two senior monks from an outlawed Buddhist Church in Vietnam were in a tense stand-off Wednesday with security forces after their vehicle was surrounded and immobilised, overseas Buddhist sources said. Thich Huyen Quang, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of …

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AFP : Dissident Vietnamese monks in vehicle stand-off with police

  Agence France Presse   HANOI, Oct 8, 2003 (AFP) – Two senior monks from an outlawed Buddhist Church in Vietnam were in a tense stand-off with security forces after their vehicle was surrounded and immobilised, overseas Buddhist sources said. Thich Huyen Quang, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of …

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AP : Police allow Vietnamese monks to leave province aft…

    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A standoff between police and 11 followers of a banned Buddhist church, including eight monks, has ended with the group being allowed to leave the province in a minivan as planned, an official from an overseas Buddhist support group said Wednesday. The monks, from …

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