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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.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service CHARLOTTE, USA (BosNewsLife)-- George Beverly Shea, the beloved soloist who accompanied American evangelist Billy Graham for six decades around the world, has died at age 104 after a brief illness, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) said.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ORLANDO/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- U.S.-based group Wycliffe Associates (WA) is rushing to train and shelter indigenous Bible translators from areas controlled by Islamic militants, after at least four of its workers were killed in the Middle East, BosNewsLife established Sunday, April 17.

By BosNewsLife News Center NEW YORK, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Four men have been detained for allegedly planning to bomb a synagogue and a Jewish community center in the Bronx area of New York City and were expected to appear in federal court Thursday, May 21, police officials said.

By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians will find little comfort in the U.S. State Department’s recently released International Religious Freedom Report. It confirms what many Christians already knew: The new phenomenon of non-state terrorism has supplanted oppression by government to become the main threat to religious freedom.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife COLORADO, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christian students across the United States faced uncertainty Tuesday, February 17, as President Barack Obama signed into law the nation's biggest ever economic stimulus plan which bans religious worship or instruction in university and college facilities that receive state funds for renovations.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Ukraine has released what it says are intercepted phone calls in which pro-Russian separatists admit to shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane, killing all 298 people on board. The Boeing 777 went down in eastern Ukraine while on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Most of the victims, 293 according to Dutch officials, came from the Netherlands.

By BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON/PARIS/VATICAN (BosNewsLife)-- The Catholic Church and other denominations have condemned an apparent Islamist militant attack on a satirical magazine that killed 12 people in Paris.

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 Americas Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos LAKE FOREST, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Famed American Pastor Rick Warren warned Sunday, May 26, that "fake Rick Warren Facebook" website pages have appeared "asking for donations in the name" of his son, who committed suicide last month.