David vers goliath. His tiny buddhist monastery has taken on a mighty steel corporation, one that has their sights set on the monks little piece of enlightenment. Yet the company has no spiritual deeds in mind. Their interests are purely economic. [bell ringing] reporter in shad chup ling, morning begins with meditation. In a cloister high on mount katchkanar, we meet with young buddhists, men and women who live in accordance with buddhas teachings. [wind blowing ] [. Barking dog barking] this guy has been peacefully meditating here for 20 years. But the peace and quiet could soon be disturbed, because the mountain here contains iron ore, and the lure of profits for the Steel Industry at the foot of mount katchkanar. The temple, and the whole mountain, is in danger. This mountain is fiveandahalfbillion years old. No one has the right to own it. Ive been living here for so long. So im staying here. Reporter up to now, only blocks of ice are crushed here daily, for water to make tea. But
Taken on a mighty steel corporation, one that has their sights set on the monks little piece of enlightenment. Yet the company has no spiritual deeds in mind. Their interests are purely economic. [bell ringing] reporter in shad chup ling, morning begins with meditation. In a cloister high on mount katchkanar, we meet with young buddhists, men and women who live in accordance with buddhas teachings. [wind blowing ] [. Barking dog barking] this guy has been peacefully meditating here for 20 years. But the peace and quiet could soon be disturbed, because the mountain here contains iron ore, and the lure of profits for the Steel Industry at the foot of mount katchkanar. The temple, and the whole mountain, is in danger. This mountain is fiveandahalfbillion years old. No one has the right to own it. Ive been living here for so long. So im staying here. Reporter up to now, only blocks of ice are crushed here daily, for water to make tea. But soon, machines could be brought here to demolish th
Tonight, the parents are charged with torture. Plus, a tough lesson in life for wit thousand danish teenagers. There could be devastating consequences. Brent im brent goff. We begin tonight with the shooting death of the politician that is being called an act of terror. Today, a prominent leader of ethnic serbs in kosovo was gunned down in front of his Political Parties office. His murder threatens to inflame ethnic tensions between serbia and its former province, kosovo. Kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008, a decade after a war that killed 13,000 mainly ethnic albanians. It still views it as its southern province. Serbian and kosovo officials have so far refrained from accusing each other of being behind the killing, but sererbs presidensaysys that the e killig was an act of terrorism. Assailants opened fire as the politician arrived in his headquarters. He was rushed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save him. He had been hit at leaeast five times in the c ches
Possibility of it being rejected. That could trigger more uncertainty and even fresh elections in europes largest economy and lead nation, so our question on quadriga, is waiting fo waiting for germany new government in sight . I am joined by three excellent observers and analysts, beginning with andreas kluth. Andreas says another grand coalition would alienate even more voters and put german democracy into a coma. , whous is derek scally writes the irish times. He writes with this grand coalition agreement, germanys social democrats have signed their own death warrant livestrong stuff. And a very warm welcome to pascale hugues. Argues the european the grandeds coalition. In manual macron is, she says, still waiting for an answer from berlin. I would like to begin with the headline story here. Germanys and conclusive election. Still, no government in place in berlin. This is not what we expect from germany, is it . Pascale no, it isnt. The germans want stability, they want continuity,
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A land dispute between a band of Buddhists and a mining company part-owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is coming to a head following years of stalemate.
After talks broke down between Evraz, a London-headquartered mining company, and a small group of Russian Buddhists occupying a mountaintop in western Siberia, local authorities
have vowed to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the Buddhists decry what they say are underhanded tactics to force them off the disputed land.
A Buddhist carries firewood past the main building of the Shad Tchup Ling monastery, the building at the heart of the feud, in December 2016.