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ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in two churches that were were extensively damaged last year during religious violence in northern Nigeria were without places of worship Sunday, August 3, after authorities reportedly ordered them to vacate their premises.

SARGODHA, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high Saturday, August 2, in a village on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Sargodha, where gun wielding Muslim militant ransacked a Christian family's home, family members and police told BosNewsLife.

BELGRADE, SERBIA (BosNewsLife)-- The people in Belgrade have reacted with mixed emotions to Radovan Karadzic's first appearance at the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague Thursday, July 31. The infamy of Karadzic is even generating some commercial interest.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Christian girls abducted by Islamic men and forced to convert to Islam remained outside the reach of their family Thursday, July 31, with Christian investigators urging "their release."

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants, who have been involved in attacks against the country's Christian community, have abducted 30 policemen and paramilitary former in Pakistan's restless North West Frontier Province (NWFP), after a girl and two Pakistani soldiers were killed, officials told BosNewsLife Wednesday, July 30.

BELGRADE, SERBIA (BosNewsLife)-- One of the world's most wanted war crimes suspect, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, has been extradited to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague.

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (BosNewsLife)-- A mob of Islamic extremists have stoned two Christians in Ethiopia, the latest in a series of incidents against Christian believers in the African nation, rights investigators said Tuesday, July 29.

SREBRENICA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (BosNewsLife)-- In the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, where thousands of Muslim men and boys were massacred by Serb forces 13 years ago, the capture of the Bosnian Serb wartime leader, Radovan Karadzic, has brought renewed grief over the loss of loved ones.

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A man who was allegedly motivated by hatred of liberals and anger a being jobless show and killed two people in a Tennessee church during a children's play Sunday, July 27, amid mounting concern over such attacks in the country. Police said.

MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The former Soviet republic of Belarus has launched a crackdown on three different Protestant communities in the latest attempt to silence Christian churches deemed dangerous to society and authorities, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, July 26.