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BosNewsLife News Center (CHANGING LEAD, ADDS REACTIONS FED, INVESTORS, SENATE VOTE ON STIMULUS PLAN, STOCKS DOWN) WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife) -- The U.S. Government, Senate and Federal Reserve on Tuesday, February 10, rushed to approve measures of roughly $3 trillion to save the financial system, as the president warned that America's economic crisis was more serious than previously thought.

By BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON DC, USA (BosNewsLife)-- An influential United States-based Christian rights groups has warned of increased persecution of Christians in "many Islamic countries" and said that even in India, often described as the world's "largest democracy", believers faced the worst violence in recent years.

BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- The famous baritone singer who for decades accompanied American evangelist Billy Graham on evangelistic 'crusades' around the world, celebrated his 100th birthday Sunday, February 1.

By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife) -- Confronted by the worst financial crisis in decades, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $819 billion economic stimulus package, the biggest in the country's history.

By BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Rodney Drinnen reporting from the United States and Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent at BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife) -- The future of hundreds of detainees in the United States prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, remained unclear Wednesday, January 28, despite President Barack Obama's promise to close the controversial facility for terrorism suspects.

By George Whitten, BosNewsLife International Correspondent WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Schools in the American state of Illinois were pressured Monday, January 26, to abandon a moment of silence for prayer or reflection, after a judge ruled the practice was "unconstitutional" and "forced religion" upon minors.

By BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)- Barack Hussein Obama, sworn in as the United States 44th president Tuesday, January 20, warned his nation it would face challenges ahead "amidst crisis" but said America's faith in God would help it to overcome economic troubles, wars and terrorist threats.

By BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- The founder and senior pastor of the fourth largest church in the United States, Rick Warren, led the country in prayer just before Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.

By BosNewsLife Chief International Correspondents Stefan J. Bos and George Whitten WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- The inauguration lunch of President Barack Obama was overshadowed Tuesday, January 20, by a medical emergency involving Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy and concern over fellow Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, the president confirmed.

By BosNewsLife Chief International Correspondents Stefan J. Bos and George Whitten WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- Barack Obama became the country's first ever African-American president Tuesday, January 20, at an inauguration in the nation's capital attended by as many two million people.