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KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian pro-democracy activists on Tuesday, January 15, urged the government to beef-up security as residents mourned up to ten people who were killed when a fierce blast rocked the industrial area around Karachi, the country's commercial capital.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- Amid tight security, seven people appeared again in court in the south-eastern Turkish town of Malatya Monday, January 14, to answer charges of involvement in torturing and killing one German and two Turkish Christians last year, a case that added to international concerns over violent incidents against the Christian minority in this predominantly Muslim nation.

BUDAPEST/TBILISI (BosNewsLife)-- Tens of thousands opposition supporters in Georgia took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi to protest what they call massive fraud in the election of pro-Western leader Mikhail Saakahsvili as president last week of this mainly Orthodox nation.

BEIING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Children and their caretakers spent another Sunday, January 13, in uncertainty after they were expelled from their Christian-run orphanage in China's Hubei Province, as part of a crackdown on Christian activities by local authorities, an official said.

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Concerns remained Saturday, January 12, over the apparently deteriorating health of Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Paneque, a doctor and a devout Roman Catholic, who has been imprisoned in Cuba since a government-led crackdown on pro-democracy activists in 2003.

BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian refugees woke up Friday, January 11, in the jungles of the Indian state of Orissa where December attacks against Christian institutions killed up to nine people, making 2007 the bloodiest year for Christians in India since the country gained independence in 1947.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (BosNewsLife)-- Catholics late Thursday, January 10, gathered in Manila for a special mass to mourn two devotees who died in an annual massive procession behind a 401-year-old black statue of Jesus Christ, regarded as a way to seek blessings or forgiveness for sins.

BAGHDAD/VATICAN CITY (BosNewsLife)-- Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday, January 10, expressed "deep concern" about the situation of Christians in Iraq, a day after two car bombs exploded outside two churches in the city of Kirkuk, the latest in a wave of attacks on Christian targets this week.

ATHENS/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Two key church groups said Thursday, January 10, that they will finance the distribution of over 10,000 copies of the Bible's New Testament "in the modern Greek language" to survivors of recent "devastating fires" in Greece, which killed some 80 people.

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (BosNewsLife)-- There was concern Wednesday, January 9, about the future of foreign Christian church leaders and missionaries after non-Muslim religious groups said that the authorities are refusing to issue new visas for priests.