India unveils disputed new Hindu temple

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration on Monday (January 22) of a grand temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram on a site believed to be his birthplace, in a historic event for the Hindu majority of the world's most populous nation. For decades, the site was bitterly contested by Hindus and minority Muslims, leading to riots in 1992 that killed 2,000 after a Hindu mob destroyed a 16th-century mosque that had stood there. Lauren Anthony reports.

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