India Supreme Court Awards Disputed Land to Hindus.
ALLEN: India's top court says the fiercely contested holy site in northern India should be given to Hindus who want to build a temple there. Muslims were handed a separate plot of land. Both groups have been fighting for ownership of the land for decades and it sparked deadly riots back in 1992. Let's get more about it from Vedika Sud, joining me now live from New Delhi. Talk to us about the reaction to this decision.</s>VEDIKA SUD, JOURNALIST: So it's a significant and landmark achievement, really. The going ahead with this verdict by the supreme court has been a good one as far as the Hindus are concerned. The Hindus constitute 80 percent of the population in India and they are extremely happy with this verdict. Muslims, not so much. They considered about 14 percent of the percentage of population in India. The representors in court are upset with this verdict. They are not satisfied. They might even be fighting for a review petition in the Supreme Court. They claim five acres of land in an alternate land property is not what they're looking at. They want to fight this further and that could be an option that they're looking at in the near future. As far as the prime minister is concerned, moments after this verdict was out, he has lauded the verdict, hailed the court for coming to an amicable solution as far as the longest legal battle over a title suit in India is concerned. So politically, as far as the affiliates of the main Hindu party in India, they're extremely happy. Muslim political party, not so much. If you remember the 1992 destruction of the Barbary Mosque, the court has also called that illegal today. That was another significant order that the supreme court had spoken about while reading out its landmark verdict.</s>ALLEN: Thank you, Vedika Sud, for us there in New Delhi with the latest on this decision. Thanks. We want to turn now to the story we continue to follow out of Mexico. A remote Mormon community there is under heavy protection after nine Americans, including two infants and three mothers, were massacred in an ambush. The family continues to bury their loved ones and they have not given up on the search for answers. The questions, were the killings random or were the Mormons targeted? Our Patrick Oppmann is in Mexico City.</s>PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It was another day of funerals and heartache for the family of nine Americans who were cut down, murdered by members of a Mexican cartel, as they were driving to a wedding, supposed to be a celebration for this tight-knit Mormon community that lives on the other side of this Mexican border. Why these three women and their children, six children who died altogether, were targeted by this cartel is still a mystery. The Mexican government says it may have been a case of mistaken identity, as cartels battle over this territory that is used for drug trafficking by the cartels. But members of the Mormon community said they didn't understand how that could have taken place, that they're well known in this community and that they had stayed out of the cartels' way, for the most part, over the years and there was no reason that members of a cartel would come into the area and fire over 200 rounds at these unarmed women and children. All the same, though, they said even though their hearts are broken, they're just now begin to go fight for answers and for justice.</s>LENZO WIDMAR, VICTIMS' RELATIVE (through translator): While we feel fire inside, if we felt the need for justice before, well, now it's multiplied. We have a desire to find, to put an end to this atrocity. We will continue to seek justice.</s>OPPMANN: Right now, the community is being protected by Mexican military and police but it's unclear how long they will be able to stay there. Mexican government officials admit that this area is lawless and they do not have the resources there to keep residents safe. And even though members of this community have lived there for years, some are saying they are considering leaving, that it is no longer safe for them and their children. And the fact that six children, as young as 7 months old, could be murdered in cold blood perhaps it's no longer safe to live here for anyone. The final funeral is scheduled to take place on Saturday -- Patrick Oppmann, CNN, Mexico City, Mexico.</s>ALLEN: Again, it is a historic day in Berlin, Germany. We're revisiting the day the Iron Curtain began to fall apart and Europe began counting down to the end of the Cold War. We'll continue our live coverage as we push on here.