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BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China's Communist government increased its crackdown on house churches, detaining hundreds of Christians across the country throughout 2007, according to a new report released Wednesday, February 6.

KUALA LUMPUR/MANILA (BosNewsLife)-- One of Malaysia's main church groups accused the government Tuesday, February 5, of harassing Christians by seizing Bibles and other Christian books at entry points of the country.

AlGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Algerian authorities have launched a crackdown on Christians suspected of involvement in evangelism, as part of attempts to enforce a new strict religious law, a well-informed rights group said Tuesday, February 5.

DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BosNewsLife)-- Christian villagers in a Muslim-majority area of Bangladesh on Tuesday, February 5, mourned the death of a 70-year-old woman who died from burns she suffered when a mob reportedly set her home ablaze as a punishment for converting from Islam to Christianity.

BUDAPEST/BELGRADE (BosNewsLife)-- The pro-Western incumbent president of Serbia, Boris Tadic, has won Sunday’s presidential elections, by narrowly defeating his pro-Russian nationalist rival, according to preliminary official results released Monday, February 4.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Palestinian suicide bombers struck in Israel for the first time in a year Monday, February 4, killing at least three Israelis in the desert city of Dimona, which hosts the country's main nuclear reactor.

N'DJAMENA, CHAD (BosNewsLife)-- Christian relief workers have warned of a humanitarian disaster in Chad where thousands of civilians fled the capital N'Djamena early Monday, February 4, after rebel forces said they had pulled back from the city following two days of fighting against government forces.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hindu militants have "forced" Christian families to "convert" to Hinduism and threatened to resume attacks against Christians in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, where up to nine people were killed in religious clashes last month, an advocacy group said Sunday, February 3.

NAIROBI, KENYA (BosNewsLife)-- Kenyan churches struggled Saturday, February 2, to help prevent the country from descending into genocide amid reports that a mob burned a Pentecostal church to the ground while deadly clashes elsewhere, Christian leaders told BosNewsLife.

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Nearly 100 people died when remote-controlled explosives, strapped to two mentally disabled women, detonated in coordinated blasts rocking two Baghdad pet markets Friday, February 1, Iraqi officials said, adding to concerns among Iraq's minority Christians who have been in the crossfire of attacks.