BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a special report today on the plight and paradox of Tibetan Buddhists. They teach nonviolence, but their demonstrations against the Chinese have sometimes become violent. How can they persuade the Chinese that they and … More →

June 27, 2008

There is no generally agreed figure on the human cost of the crackdown in Myanmar on Buddhist monks and others protesting dictatorial rule. The mass exodus from the country, formally and more widely known as Burma, continues. More →

November 16, 2007

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Four years ago our correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro visited an AIDS hospice in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand. This year he went back and discovered that low-cost new drugs are keeping many patients alive, and the … More →

March 30, 2007

  BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: If you’re homeless in Washington, D.C. and sick, perhaps close to dying, and you end up in a city shelter, the people who work there might telephone a place called Joseph’s House and ask if they … More →

November 24, 2006

“Tet, the Vietnamese New Year, is by far the biggest festival during the year.” says Nguyen Ngoc Bich. More →

February 3, 2006

  BOB ABERNETHY: Just outside Washington, DC, there’s a 10-mile-long stretch of New Hampshire Avenue. It’s lined with houses of worship: churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques. It’s been called the Highway to Heaven. It’s literally a drive-by tour of America’s … More →

September 5, 1997