PARIS - Swastikas and racist and anti-Moslem graffiti were discovered Monday on the Great Mosque of the city of Saint-Etienne, French media reported.

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Monday sought an explanation from the state government on its changed stand over paying compensation for mosques destroyed or demolished during the 2002 communal riots.

Muslim man wins handshake case in SwedenSTOCKHOLM — Sweden's unemployment agency has been found guilty of discrimination for expelling a Muslim man from a job training program because he refused to shake hands with a woman.

Nigerian Christians count dead after Jos violence

DHARAMSALA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday met the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama in this Himachal Pradesh hill station and invited him to inaugurate the Buddha Memorial Park in Patna in May, a Tibetan official said.