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NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An advocacy group representing churches and mission organizations says Hindu militants backed by political parties and groups have carried out at least 500 attacks against mainly Christian missionaries in the past 23 months, and urged the central government to halt the violence.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Senior officials of the United States and Russia will hold talks in Budapest next week on a controversial American missile defense system that Moscow has rejected as a move towards a new Cold War.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Kosovo’s minority Serbs, many of them Orthodox Christians, anticipated more tensions Saturday, December 8, after international mediators said efforts to reach a compromise between the province’s independence seeking government and Serbia have failed.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- The Chinese assistant of an American Christian businessman remained detained Friday, December 7, after being sentenced to two years "education through labor" on charges of helping foreigners in "illegal activities", a Christian rights group said.

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuban security agents stormed a Catholic church and "severely beat around eighteen human rights activists who were attending Mass," there, a key Christian human rights group confirmed Thursday, December 6.

BEJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese security forces have detained the frail owner of a Christian bookstore near Beijing’s Olympic Village, forcing his wife and two small daughters to go into hiding, representatives said Thursday, December 6.

SARGODHA, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan’s embattled Christian minority on Wednesday, December 5, could look forward to political representation after the Election Commission (EC) said it would allow Christians to run in the upcoming parliamentary ballot in this mainly Islamic nation, a key official told BosNewsLife.

ASHKABAD/TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Two Baptist pastors in two neighboring former Soviet republics faced detention and deportation Tuesday, December 4, amid an increased crackdown on evangelical churches in the region, BosNewsLife learned.

JAKARTA/MANILA (BosNewsLife)-- Six Muslim militants were behind bars Tuesday, December 4, after being sentenced to up to 19 years in prison for terrorist acts that killed more than a dozen Christians in Indonesia's eastern Central Sulawesi province.

KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- A British teacher was on her way home Monday, December 3, after being released in Sudan where she was sentenced to 15 days in prison for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad.