At least 11 and perhaps as many as 14 Christians have been killed in the northern Iraqi city since the end of August, according to government officials.

TRIVANDRUM, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Christians were flocking to a small town in southern India on Saturday to celebrate the planned canonization of a Roman Catholic nun, against a backdrop of the worst anti-Christian riots in decades.

Since late September, as many as 14 Christians have been killed in Mosul, according to government officials and humanitarian groups.

Christians joined by Muslims gathered to demand that the Iraqi Parliament reinstate a version of the provincial elections law that ensured representation for minorities.

Arnold Graf, a white Jew, built a striking track record organizing alongside black Christians for urban renewal.

Recent violence in Orissa, which left at least 16 dead, was among the worst in decades against Christians in this Hindu-dominated nation and appears to have been fueled, at least in part, by discontent at a time when the gap between India's haves and have-nots is growing.

Days of Christian-versus-Hindu retaliatory violence sparked by the killing of a Hindu leader has left at least 3,000 people, most of them Christians, homeless.

BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - At least 1,500 people have fled their homes for shelters in eastern India after days of violent clashes between Hindus and Christians that have killed at least 10, officials said Thursday.

Days of Christian-versus-Hindu retaliatory violence sparked by the killing of a Hindu leader has left at least 3,000 people, most of them Christians, homeless.

Discontent among Buddhists has been brewing for months over the president's alleged favoritism toward Christianity. Buddhists have criticized Lee, a Presbyterian, for filling most of his cabinet and top presidential posts with other Christians.