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.

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HYDERABAD: The police have made unprecedented security arrangements for the Independence Day celebrations on Friday at Secunderabad Parade Ground in the backdrop of increased threat perception following recent serial blasts in Bangalore and ...

VIENNA (AFP) - Against a backdrop of global food and energy crises, the UN atomic watchdog opened a four-day conference Tuesday on ways of using radiation to improve crop yields and resistance.

JERUSALEM, Jul 25 (IPS) - Lighting a remembrance flame at the Yad Vashem
Holocaust memorial. Speaking against the backdrop of a pile of
empty rocket casings in the southern town of Sderot. Standing
solemnly, face close to the stones of the Western Wall in
Jerusalem.