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BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- As China mourned Monday, May 19, some 34,000 people killed in a massive earthquake, Chinese security forces, operating outside the international media attention, continued a crackdown on underground house churches, Christians said.

ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Algerian Christians have appealed for international "prayers and support" amid a government crackdown on churches and suspected evangelists, a rights group said Monday, May 19.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A former opium addict in Vietnam's Lao Cai Province was without properties Sunday, May 18, after local officials reportedly confiscated his land and home because of his success as an evangelist.

YANGON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian rights group active in Burma "unequivocally condemned" Saturday, May 17, claimed results of a referendum on a new constitution aimed at increasing power of the military junta, which faces social unrest as the cyclone disaster left 134,000 people dead or missing.

YANGON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Teams of indigenous Christian backpack medics working with underground churches attempted Friday, May 16, to reach at least some of the two million survivors of a cyclone that devastated Burma, as the military junta halted international aid efforts amid fears foreign interference could undermine its power base.

WARSAW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Nearly 20 years after Communism and persecution of evangelical Christians ended, Churches in Poland are busy counseling tens of thousands of new believers, BosNewsLife established Thursday, May 15.

JAIPUR, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- S. Dangayach, a 42-year homeworker, looked to the skies for answers Wednesday, May 14, after India's bloodiest terror attacks in recent memory. The injured woman told reporters she doesn't know why she survived seven bomb blasts that shook the Western city of Jaipur Tuesday, May 13, while two children died in front of her eyes.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in several areas of Zimbabwe faced more food shortages Wednesday, May 14,amid ongoing turmoil and reported persecution of churches in the country, once called 'the breadbasket of Africa.'

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Churches in Jerusalem end related organizations in Israel and Palestinian territories continued preparations Tuesday, May 13, for an ecumenical ‘witness of peace’ week aimed at helping churches in "occupied territories" and ending "60 years of conflict."

PRISTINA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Serbs, including many Orthodox Christians, in Kosovo were awaiting the outcome of neighboring Serbia's elections Monday, May 12, just weeks after Kosovo's leaders signed the country's new constitution.