• Mob kills woman, destroys churches in east India

A mob burned down a Christian orphanage in eastern India on Monday, killing one woman, police said, in rising religious violence sparked by the killing of a Hindu leader.The mob beat up a priest, drove children away and set the orphanage on fire in Orissa state, trapping the 22-year-old woman. "The woman was found burned to death inside one of the rooms," Thakur Prasad Patra, a senior police officer said.