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ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Muslim man’s failed attempt to marry a young Christian woman resulted in him accusing her of “blasphemy�, triggering violence in the Nigerian town of Yana that left at least one person dead, seven Christians hospitalized and five churches destroyed, a Christian news agency reported Tuesday, February 12.

BUDAPEST/WARSAW (BosNewsLife)-- Some one thousand Catholics have reportedly attended a controversial church service discussing how to defend Poland against Jews, the latest in a series of anti-Semitic incidents in this new European Union member state.

CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- A dozen Christians who converted to Islam but later returned to Christianity awaited new identity papers Tuesday, February 12, following what judicial sources described as a "historic decision" by Cairo's highest civil court.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A Degar Montagnard Christian mother of three children was still suffering of injuries Tuesday, February 12, nearly four months after her home in Vietnam's Central Highlands was burned down by government security forces, representatives said.

(ADDS COMMENTS HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER, CHRISTIAN GROUP)BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's government and opposition on Monday, February 11, mourned the death of Hungarian-born US Congressman Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to Congress. Lantos, 80, passed away Monday, February 11, at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center in suburban Maryland.

LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The father of a Pakistani Christian continued to search Sunday, February 10, for his son who was allegedly kidnapped two weeks ago by suspected religious extremists, after attempting to marry a Muslim woman.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- An estimated 2,000 members of Hungarian and international neo-Nazi groups gathered in downtown Budapest Saturday, February 9, to commemorate that German and Hungarian troops attempted to break out of the besieged Hungarian capital during the last days of World War Two.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- An uneasy calm has returned to areas in Vietnam’s turbulent Central Highlands where Degar Montagnard Catholics, including children, were allegedly beaten by security forces for attending worship services, BosNewsLife monitored Friday, February 8.

AMMAN/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- Jordan has closed down an evangelical church after expelling many devoted Christians from the country, an influential mission group said Thursday, February 7.

(ADDS COMMENTS ROMNEY AND MORE DETAILS)WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who was supported by many evangelical Christians and other conservatives, said Thursday, February 7, he has suspended his campaign for the Republican Party's nomination for the US presidency.