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Putin tastes Shaolin kongfu in Henan
(AP/Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-03-22 22:19
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center,
holds a young monk on shoulder, as he is surrounded by a group of monks after
watching their demonstration of Shaolin Kung Fu in Shaolin Temple in central
China's Henan Province, Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Putin arrived here on
Wednesday for a taste of Buddhism and martial arts. Established about 1,500
years ago, Shaolin is famed for the great combination of martial arts skill and
Zen, a sect of Buddhism, that features long meditation sessions to purify the
mind. [AP]
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