Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat's top elected official at the time, has repeatedly denied having any role in the riots.

British ambassador to the U.N. said the aid was "too little, too late."

"Bill C-14, no matter how it may be amended, is an affront to human dignity."

The pope will attend two ecumenical events and celebrate Mass with Catholics when he visits on Oct. 31.

U.S. Supreme Court said Georgia prosecutors violated the Constitution in a death penalty case nearly two decades ago by excluding prospective black jurors from the trial.

"Our collective unwillingness to prevent or prepare adequately for disasters is a systemic moral failure."