Giant ‘Sleeping’ Buddha Found By Archeologists In Afghanistan

More than seven years after the Taliban destroyed the two giant Buddha statues at Bamiyan, an Afghan-led archeological team has uncovered the remains of a third giant Buddha nearby. The remains of the 19-meter-long reclining Buddha statue were discovered...

Frustration As Tsunami Reconstruction Winds Down

The giant Buddha statue at Pereliya gazes out to sea. The noise of the waves slapping the shoreline is broken only occasionally by the sound of passing vehicles on the nearby highway. The village, 90km south of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, has returned...