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Another Republican senator backs Hagel for Pentagon chief
Chuck Hagel\’s path to confirmation as President Barack Obama\’s new secretary of defense became more secure on Thursday when Republican Senator Richard Shelby said he would support the nomination.
Vietnamese Israeli family takes a long trip ‘home’
What happened to the Vietnamese refugees, and the hundreds that followed them, in \”the land of the Jews\”?
Does Buddhist Hold Mideast Peace Key?
While news of the Geneva accords hit the headlines, a group of Palestinians and Israelis were trying to make a different kind of peace — with the help of Buddhists in southern France.
Thich Nhat Hanh — Vietnamese Zen master, poet and Nobel Peace Prize nominee — has been inviting groups of Palestinians and Israelis to his practice center, Plum Village, in an effort to show them that Buddhist meditation can lead to inner peace as well as nonviolence between nations. The trips are largely underwritten by an American Jewish businessman.
Nhat Hanh preaches nothing less than personal transformation as the road to peace.