» US jails Chinese-born engineer 15 years for spying
09/02/10 06:30 from American Buddhist Net - Buddhist News & Forum
A Chinese-born aerospace engineer was jailed for more than 15 years Monday after being convicted of selling technology related to the US space shuttle program to China, officials said. LINK TO ORIGINAL

» AP: Muslim Man Wins Handshake Case in Sweden
09/02/10 06:29 from American Buddhist Net - Buddhist News & Forum
STOCKHOLM — Sweden's unemployment agency has been found guilty of discrimination for expelling a Muslim man from a job training program because he refused to shake hands with a woman. LINK TO ORIGINAL

» No sour grapes for Lebanon's wine-making Maronite monks
09/02/10 06:25 from American Buddhist Net - Buddhist News & Forum
Lebanon's Christian Maronite monks have injected a touch of modern marketing savvy into their age-old wine-making tradition to introduce the country's first certified organic wine. LINK TO ORIGINAL

» Sri Lanka's Fonseka treated like 'an animal': wife
09/02/10 06:24 from American Buddhist Net - Buddhist News & Forum
COLOMBO — The wife of Sri Lankan ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka accused the government on Tuesday of abducting her husband and treating him "like an animal" following his dramatic arrest. "This is not an arrest. It is an abduction," a tearfu..