90 churches, 600 homes torched during violence
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Nine people are dead and dozens of churches and hundreds of Christian homes have been torched during a surge of Hindu violence in India, according to reports from organizations working there.
Compass Direct News reports that the deaths and damage have been reported since Christmas Eve, when members of the extremist World Hindu Council launched their assaults on the faithful belonging to Christianity.
“Orissa state’s Kandhamal district remains tense 10 days after the series of anti-Christian attacks began, and thousands of Christians whose houses have been burned down are facing hunger and fear,” the Compass Direct report said.
Pastor Victor John, who was in the region during the attacks, said federal Indian troops have been deployed, but there still remain tensions and worries. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59504
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Over 500 rock hurling Hindu nationalist youths connected with India’s leading Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stormed across the Nepalese border near Mahendranagar on Wednesday, a disputed area the Hindus claim as Indian land. Hundreds of Nepalis responded in a heated counterdemonstration that left at least one person injured. The incident highlights the growing tension across South Asia that observers fear might spread into a regional war.
Nepal has abolished its monarchy in the face of a punishing civil war, with Maoist insurgents, covertly aided by http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1238, pressuring the government. The war has ethnic roots, with the Nepalese ruling class deriving from India and the enormous underclass made up mainly of people distantly related to Burmese, Chinese and Tibetans. A Maoist takeover of Nepal would put the Himalayan land into the Chinese sphere of influence, alongside Pakistan, an event the nationalistic Indians would likely prevent with an invasion.
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