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Christians in India's troubled Orissa state have welcomed an announcement of compensation for places of worship damaged in recent communal violence but have criticised the state government's refusal to postpone a municipal election scheduled for the beginning of December, reports Ecumenical News International.

The Orissa government's change of mind followed a mid-November decision by India's federal supreme court, which directed the state to provide compensation, the archbishop noted. More than 200 churches and 40 religious institutions were damaged in the violence, said Cheenath.

Separately, another Christian leader, Bishop Samson Das of the Church of North India, has demanded that the Orissa government postpone municipal elections scheduled in Phulbani, the headquarters of the Kandhamal district where most of the violence took place.

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[12/03/2008]

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