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Nation celebrates Gandhi's life as attacks on Christians continue

Posted On : October 6, 2008 11:49 AM | Posted By : Admin ACO
Related Categories: India

Christians and secular groups in India have commemorated the October 2 anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, but attacks against Christians continued on a day that marks the Indian independence campaigner's message of non-violence.

More than 100 Christian houses were torched in the troubled city of Kandhamal and nearby district of Boudh in the Orissa district as the nation prepared to celebrate the 139th anniversary of Gandhi's birth.

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