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Page last updated at 01:53 GMT, Sunday, 2 August 2009 02:53 UK

Pakistan Christians die in unrest

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Six Christians have been killed in religious unrest in Pakistan's central Punjab, after days of tension sparked by the rumoured desecration of a Koran.

The four women, a man and a child died as Muslim militants set fire to Christian houses in the town of Gojra, officials said.

Shoaib Hasan reports.

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