Americas

By BosNewsLife News Center PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (BosNewsLife)-- Churches and missionary workers were trying to respond to Haiti's worst earth quake in centuries that officials said may have killed up to half a million people, including the the Roman Catholic archbishop of Port-au-Prince, other Christians and United Nations personnel.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife HONOLULU/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- Thanking listeners for their "prayers and good thoughts," America's controversial conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was released from a Hawaii hospital, after experiencing severe chest pain and what he thought was a heart attack.

By BosNewsLife North America Service, with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos NEW YORK, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Rush Limbaugh, America's most listened to conservative radio talk show host, was "resting comfortably" Thursday, December 31, after being rushed to a Honolulu hospital with chest pains, his Web site said.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BosNewsLife)-- A young American missionary, who has reportedly been detained for illegally entering North Korea on Christmas Day, was inspired to go there by a biography about the "first Christian martyr" of present day North Korea, suggested an e-mail obtained by BosNewsLife Sunday, December 27.

By BosNewsLife North America Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos WASHINGTON/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- The White House said Saturday, December 26, that a small explosion aboard an international flight bound for the U.S. city of Detroit was "an attempted act of terrorism."

By BosNewsLife North America Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- The U.S. Senate passed controversial health legislation Thursday, December 24, that observers said could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife KINGSTON, JAMAICA (BosNewsLife)-- U.S. Evangelist Andrew Palau and his family were among 148 passengers on board American Airlines Flight 331 that skidded off the runway and crashed in Kingston, Jamaica, but they miraculously survived with light injuries, his world famous father told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife North America Service WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians on Wednesday were mourning U.S. Christian evangelist Oral Roberts who died at the age of 91. A spokesman said Roberts died in a hospital in Newport Beach, California Tuesday, December 15, from complications related to pneumonia.

By BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Coptic Christians in the United States will protest against an "increase" in Islamic attacks against Egypt's Christian minority and the "refusal" by authorities to halt the violence, organizers said Monday, December 14.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Nobel Peace Prize winner, author and activist Elie Wiesel has urged Hungary to consider banning Holocaust denials to improve its image abroad and has expressed concern about growing extremist parties in the country and Europe.