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VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- At least 90 Christians in Laos, including church leaders, remained missing Saturday, August 9, as part of an apparent government backed crackdown on Christian worship services in three provinces of the Asian nation.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- As China prepared for the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games Friday, August 8, a key Chinese house church leader and his wife remained detained amid signs government leaders fear Christians will use the event to highlight reports of religious persecution.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A key leader of Hungary's Jewish community criticized Germany Thursday, August 7, for planning to pay 12.3 million euros ($19 million) to about 6,500 Jewish survivors of the Nazi occupation of Budapest, saying the companestion comes "many years too late."

(ADDS COMMENTS MORE DETAILS, EXPECTED ARRIVAL)BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Three American Christian leaders were deported from China Thursday, August 7, after being arrested for the second time in as many days for publicly praying and protesting against China's "religious persecution", the "policy of forced abortion" and other alleged civil rights abuses, family members said.

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian married couple in Iran has died after being beaten last week by secret police who raided their house church, Iranian and rights investigators confirmed Thursday, August 7.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- The pastor of a Full Gospel Church of God (FGCB) congregation and his wife remained detained Wednesday, August 6, in India's state of Madhya Pradesh on changes of "forced conversion," church members and investigators told BosNewsLife.

DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BosNewsLife)-- Muslim militants raided and destroyed a 'house church' in Bangladesh as part of an operation to expel Christians from the region, a group representing the believers said Tuesday, August 5.

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (BosNewsLife)-- American evangelist Franklin Graham has ended a "historic" four-day visit to North Korea where he "boldly proclaimed the Gospel of Jesus Christ" at the largest Protestant Church in the capital Pyongyang and promised to help secure a peace deal between the United States and the Communist-run nation, his organization confirmed Monday, August 4.

WUPPERTAL, GERMANY (BosNewsLife)-- Some 14 Dutch Christians attending an annual Bible study conference were rushed to hospital after being struck by lightning in the German town of Wuppertal, but "miraculously" nobody died, organizers said Monday, August 4.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Vietnamese security forces reportedly murdered two Degar Montagnard Christian men in the Central Highlands after they returned from a protest against the detention of fellow believers, BosNewsLife monitored Monday, August 4.