Taliban plan to destroy Buddhist statues
British Muslims won't be slaughtering goats at this years Eid festival as the country battles foot and mouth disease; China battles with the UN over Beijing's treatment of the Falun Gong spiritual movement.
An international outcry has met the Taliban plan, which aims to blow up the Buddhas of Bamiyan which stand over 150 feet high.
Also on the programme: British Muslims won't be slaughtering sheep and goats at this years Eid festival as the country battles foot and mouth disease; China clashes with the UN over Beijing's treatment of the Falun Gong spiritual movement and the great grandson of Leo Tolstoy asks the Russian Orthodox Church to admit the famous novelist back into the fold.
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