21.   The monks living there have a guest house for male visitors, but it is kept separate from the four-star hotel that occupies a large portion of the building.

22.   Then the monks had their say.

23.   There is debate in Thailand about celibacy, triggered partly by allegations that some senior Buddhist monks had affairs with women.

24.   To his chagrin, the monk had to go back to court and ask the judge to authorize renewal of the license.

25.   Though struck by the beauty of the kora, the monks had no idea what to do with it.

26.   Titti Bufalini, a mother of two, said she understands monks have to earn a living and need new clothes as everyone else does.

27.   The hill in the southern province was chosen because local Buddhist religious records claim a monk had a vision of Buddha there, according to local Chinese press reports.

28.   The monk had public opposed LTTE activities and extended his missionary work even among some Tamil youngsters preventing them from joining the rebel movement, local officials said.