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BBC News Online: World: South Asia

Sunday, 11 March, 2001, 16:44 GMT

In pictures: Buddha statues protest


The decision by Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement to destroy two ancient giant Buddhas in the central province of Bamiyan has provoked mass demonstrations around the South Asia region.

Buddhists in Calcutta

Sahamat group protest

Hindu right-wingers burn Koran

Demonstration in Kathmandu

Buddhists at prayer in Kandy

Children in Kandy

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