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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's newly elected government on Saturday, June 28, launched its first major military operation in the country's volatile northwest aimed at crushing militants, who killed up to 28 pro-government tribesman and kidnapped 16 Christians this month alone.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife UZHHOROD, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian woman who became known for her personal crusade against high level corruption in Ukraine's border region with the European Union has won a, potentially precedent-setting, trial against municipality authorities of the western city of Uzhhorod, BosNewsLife established Saturday, June 28.

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BosNewsLife)-- Buddhist militants in Sri Lanka are stepping up attacks on Christian pastors and churches across Sri Lanka, rights investigators said Friday, June 27.

SZENTENDRE, BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Government officials from more than 30 countries gathered in Hungary Friday, June 27, for the opening of Central and Eastern Europe's first conference center powered by renewable energy.

KAUNAS, LITHUANIA (BosNewsLife)-- Netherlands Queen Beatrix on Thursday, June 26, ended a three day visit to Lithuania paying tribute to Dutch and Japanese nationals who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust in the Baltic nation, during World War Two.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Protestant Christians in the troubled village of Jatimulya in Indonesia's West Java province were facing another day of uncertainty Thursday, June 26, after police backed by hard-line Muslims attempted to destroy their church compound, which was used by three congregations.

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian security police in Tehran have detained and tortured a married couple who recently converted from Islam to Christianity and threatened to put their 4-year-old daughter in an institution, a Christian news agency reported late Wednesday, June 25.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE (BosNewsLife)-- Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai briefly emerged from his refuge at the Dutch Embassy Wednesday, June 25, after the Lutheran World Federation said churches made a mistake in "assessing" autocratic President Robert Mugabe.

ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian evangelist was due to appear in an Algerian court Wednesday, June 25, on charges related to "attempting to shake the Muslim faith," after allegedly receiving death threats.

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical pastor in eastern Sri Lankia was receiving treatment in hospital Tuesday, June 24, a day after he was attacked by militant government forces because of his Christian activities, local believers and investigators said.