A historic Hindu temple in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan, which was re-opened on the orders of a court last year, has been vandalised by unidentified men in the third such attack on the shrine in the past two months.  read more »

Published: Monday, May 21, 2012, 15:03 IST
Place: Hyderabad | Agency: PTI
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Andhra Pradesh police today arrested evangelist KA Paul for allegedly conspiring to kill a person.Raghurami Reddy, superintendent of police, Prakasam, said that Paul was charged under IPC sections 120 B (for hatching criminal conspiracy to abduct) and 307 (attempt to murder).  read more »

TUMKUR: Though banned by the state government, nude worship to appease Goddess by women continues in Handanakerae village of Chikkanayakanahalli taluk of Tumkur district, as recently as Friday night. It's a remote village in the district, about 100km from Tumkur.  read more »

London, May 20
A 150-foot-wide, 140,000 tonne asteroid may come so close to Earth early next year that it might destroy communications satellites.  read more »

Chen 'happy' to leave China, worried about relatives
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NEW YORK — Blind activist Chen Guangcheng told a friend Saturday just before flying to the United States that he was "happy" to be leaving China but worried about the safety of relatives left behind.  read more »

"The police are also involved in this."
by Raymond Ibrahim
May 18, 2012 at 5:00 am
"500 Muslims had gathered and were watching in amusement as the extremists chased and harassed the Christians, attempting to murder them all, for about 90 minutes."As Easter, one of the highest Christian holidays, comes in April, Christian persecution in Muslim nations—from sheer violence to oppressive laws—was rampant: In Nigeria, where jihadis have expressed their desire to expunge all traces of Christianity, a church was bombed during Easter Sunday, killing some 50 worshippers; in Turkey, a pastor was beaten by Muslims immediately following Easter service and threatened with death unless he converted to Islam; and in Iran, Easter Sunday saw 12 Christians stand trial as "apostates."  read more »