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BELGRADE, SERBIA (BosNewsLife)-- One person was apparently killed, when a group of protesters in the Serbian capital attacked the United States embassy in Belgrade late Thursday, February 21, setting fire to part of the building. The incident took place after about 150,000 people rallied in the Serbian capital in a rally against Kosovo's independence, where minority Serbs, including Christians, fear persecution.

AMMAN, JORDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian missionaries in Jordan faced more uncertainty Thursday, February 21, as the Jordanian government acknowledged for the first time that it has begun expelling foreign Christians for preaching and carrying out missionary activities.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Two theological teachers were missing and 21 major house church leaders locked up in a labor camp Wednesday, February 20, in China’s "most massive persecution case" involving Christians in decades, an advocacy group defending them said.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians fleeing the worst attacks against them in decades continue to die in government-run refugee camps of the troubled state of Orissa, Christian leaders said Wednesday, February 20.

DOHA, QATAR (BosNewsLife)-- A bitter debate continued in Qatar Wednesday, February 20, about the construction of the first Christian church in this Muslim nation, which is scheduled to open next month.

SARGODHA, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian leaders won seats in assemblies of key provinces of Pakistan in a general election that saw most voters rejecting the party of President Pervez Musharraf, amid reports of isolated incidents of violence.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's opposition parties, backed by key-Christian politicians, reportedly won the parliamentary elections, raising hopes the outcome would help end a fresh wave of Islamic extremism in the country, including increased violence against churches and kidnappings.

(ADDS MORE DETAILS AND DEVELOPMENTS)HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba’s ailing Fidel Castro, one of the world's longest serving leaders, officially resigned Tuesday, February 19, but it was not immediately clear what impact that decision would have on political and religious prisoners, including Christians, held acrossthe Communist island.

PRISTINA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Kosovo's first day as a self-declared independent state, did not pass smoothly. From Brussels to the Balkans there were sharp divisions over whether to agree with the breakaway of what many still regard as a province of Serbia.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A German student studying at Beijing University may have been killed by Chinese secret police because of his contacts with an underground church, one of Germany's most influential newspapers reported.