US Group: ‘Key Bible Translator Jailed In Islamic Nation’

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- U.S.-based Bible translation group Wycliffe Associates says it is concerned about the security of Bible translators in Islamic nations where at least one of its contacts has been jailed for his Christian work.

NEWS ALERT: Donna Summer ‘Home With Lord’ At Age 63 (BosNewsLife Special)

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife NEW YORK, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Donna Summer has arrived where she wanted to be most: at home with the Lord. At least that's what later songs reveal of the American superstar and married mother of three children who passed away at age 63 after losing her battle with cancer.

BREAKING NEWS: New York Shooting Kills 14

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By BosNewsLife News Center _45635235_voong_ap226b1NEW YORK, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A gunman opened fire at an immigration center in Binghamton, in the northeastern state of New York, Friday, April 3, killing at least a 13 people before killing himself, US officials said. The shootings apparently happened after he took at least 20 people as hostages.

Suspect Holocaust Museum Shooting “To Survive” Injuries, Officials

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By BosNewsLife North America Service ap_us_md_vonbrunn_11jun091WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- An elderly man charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington will likely survive the injuries he suffered when other museum guards returned fire, officials said Saturday, June 12.

NEWS ALERT: Street Preachers Killed In United States

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tute_sufra_166935kWASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A religious liberty group has warned that "Anti-Christian hostility is getting increasingly deadly" in the United States after two street preachers were shot and killed by a teenager who apparently opposed their message.

BREAKING NEWS: Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio Elected Pope

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By BosNewsLife News Center enclave VATICAN CITY (BosNewsLife)-- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, from Argentina has been elected pope. As Pope Francis, as he will be known, appeared in front of a huge crowd packing St. Peter's Square, he asked the faithful to pray silently for him at a time of turmoil in the church.

Cuba Closing Evangelical Church Amid Wider Crackdown

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service raoul-castro-cuba HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of Christians in Cuba were without a place of worship Thursday, March 14, after security forces closed down the Full Gospel Church as part of a government attempt to "destroy" evangelical congregations on the Communist-run island, rights activists said.

“Miracle” Landing In Hudson River; All Survive

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By BosNewsLife News Center plane-crashNEW YORK, USA (BosNewsLife) -- Survivors of a spectacular crash landing into the Hudson River thanked God on Friday, January 16, that the right pilot at the right time guided a crippled US Airways jetliner safely into the Hudson River -- saving all 155 people aboard.

Prayers Near White House For Iraqi Christians Amid Deadly Violence

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By BosNewsLife Amercas and Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (BosNewsLife)-- Iraqi diplomats, Christians and religious groups were among those expected to attend a prayer vigil Monday, February 14, in front of the White House to support "persecuted Christians and religious freedom for all in Iraq," organizers said.

Asian Mission Group Mourns Death US Missionary Leader

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service winter1NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A key Asian mission group mourned Sunday, May 24, the death of Ralph Winter the founder of the U.S. Center for World Missions and, later, William Carey International University. He was 84.