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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.

By BosNewsLife News Center BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- The Catholic Church of the United States wants to sell the largest church of the ethnic Hungarian community in America as part of an apparent effort to raise money for victims of child abuse by priests, BosNewsLife monitored Tuesday, December 8.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian school employees in Santa Rosa County of the U.S. state of Florida are forced to “hide in closets” to pray under a controversial court order, according to a non-profit public interest law firm.