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(ADDS MORE DETAILS, KILLING OF CHILDREN)KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The Islamic militant group Taliban said Monday, October 20, its gunmen killed a Christian aid worker in the capital Kabul because she was spreading Christianity in Afghanstan.

AMSTERDAM/BUDAPEST-- The Netherlands said Monday, October 20, that a Russian cluster bomb killed a Dutch television cameraman in Georgia in August.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Security forces clashed with angry Hindus in the Indian state of Orissa Monday, October 20, just days after a paramilitary soldier protecting Christians was reportedly hacked to death by an angry Hindu mob.

MOSUL, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul were risking their lives Sunday, October 19, to worship in churches amid the worst attacks against them in five years.

BUDAPEST/KLAGENFURT (BosNewsLife)-- Tens of thousands of people gathered in Austria's southern city Klagenfurt Saturday, October 18, to mourn far right politician and provincial governor Joerg Haider, whose views as a Nazi sympathizer in the 1990s sparked international outrage. Saturday's funeral came a week after Haider was killed in a high-speed crash, apparently while drunk at the wheel.

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A major conservative Christian group defending "family values" said Saturday, October 18, it has launched a campaign to counter attempts by companies and individuals to "ban" Merry Christmas greetings. The move comes shortly after at least five chaplains were fired for praying in "Jesus name," adding to concerns among evangelical Christians that speaking about Jesus Christ outside church gatherings is becoming increasingly difficult in the United States.

LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A young parishioner who was visiting am evangelical Pakistani pastor's home to receive prayer was recovering Saturday, October 18, after he was reportedly detained and beaten by police.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- The son of one of China's most well-known evangelists regained consciousness in a Bejing hospital Friday, October 17, a day after he was "severely beaten with iron bars" by Chinese security forces, friends said.

MOSUL, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Aid workers rushed Friday, October 17, to assist at least 10,000 Christians who so far fled Mosul amid fresh reports that Islamic extremists are trying to eradicate the Christian population in this northern Iraqi town.

BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- A well-known Dutch missionary who evangelized among Belgium's hundreds of thousands of bikers has died in a traffic accident, his organization confirmed Friday, October 17.