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TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Iranian converts to Christianity jailed for the past few weeks have been released by authorities, who demanded valuable property deeds as bail collateral, a Christian news agency reported Tuesday, June 3.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- At least 30 people were injured when Islamic militants attacked participants of a weekend rally promoting religious tolerance in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, rights investigators said Tuesday, June 3.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- At least two Christians were among those killed and injured when a suicide bomber blew up a car just outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, apparently to protest Prophet Muhammed cartoons in Danish newspapers, security officials said Tuesday June 3.

BUCHAREST/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The son of global Christian evangelist Luis Palau has preached to thousands of people in Romania amid opposition, eighteen years after his father became the first person to openly "share the Gospel" in the post-Communist country, organizers said Monday, June 2.

SKOPJE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- International observers said Monday, June 2, that Macedonia's elections, which were disrupted by ethnic violence, failed to meet international standards. The prime minister's conservative party, which advocates pursuing European Union membership, won the election. But observers warned that European integration could be more difficult following the election-day violence that left at least one person dead and several others injured.

SKOPJE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Officials in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia said late Sunday, June 1, they will repeat voting in 22 precincts that were shut down during Sunday's parliamentary election because of a deadly shootout, reports of intimidation, and alleged fraud. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski claimed victory, saying his conservative party (VMRO-DPMNE) will control more than half of the seats in the 120-seat parliament.

ASMARA/LONDON/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- At least four prominent Protestant pastors in Eritrea faced another day of uncertainty Saturday, May 31, after government officials said the church leaders may receive the death penalty for "treason", while dozens of other believers were detained in recent days, a well-informed advocacy group reported.

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A leading Christian rights group on Friday, May 30, demanded the "immediate release" of detained Baha’is and Christians in Iran, who it said, "have been arrested and held without charge" since early this month.

ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Algeria's public prosecutor has demanded that six Algerian Christians be sentenced to two years imprisonment for meeting in a friends home and allegedly distributing Christian materials to Muslims, rights investigators monitoring the trial said Thursday, May 29.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An influential American ecumenical alliance accused China on Wednesday, May 28, of preventing Christians to help survivors of the recent earthquake, and said reports suggested a "sudden increase" in detentions of 'house church' believers across the country.