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Tuesday, May 29 2012, 04:30 AM

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Temple tension

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Temple tension: A paramilitary soldier of the Rapid Action Force patrols atop an anti-riot vehicle as he passes by a Hindu temple, background, in Ayodhya, India. India's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to delay a verdict in a religious dispute over a holy site in Ayodhya that has shaken the core of modern India and led to repeated outbreaks of Hindu-Muslim violence. A lower court had been scheduled to rule Friday in the 60-year-old case on whether the site should be given to the Hindu community to build a temple to the god Rama or returned to the Muslim community to rebuild the 16th-century Babri Mosque. AP/Gurinder Osan A paramilitary soldier of the Rapid Action Force patrols atop an anti-riot vehicle as he passes by a Hindu temple, background, in Ayodhya, India. India's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to delay a verdict in a religious dispute over a holy site in Ayodhya that has shaken the core of modern India and led to repeated outbreaks of Hindu-Muslim violence. A lower court had been scheduled to rule Friday in the 60-year-old case on whether the site should be given to the Hindu community to build a temple to the god Rama or returned to the Muslim community to rebuild the 16th-century Babri Mosque. AP/Gurinder Osan