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PRISTINA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The people of Kosovo voted Saturday, November 17, for a new local government, with all main political parties in the Albanian-majority province pledging to gain independence from Serbia.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's parliament was dissolved at midnight as churches and Christian organizations prepared for a day of prayer on Friday, November 16, for the troubled nation where pro-democracy activists, including Christians, remain behind bars.

KIEV/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- As winter sets in, dozens of children and adult women and men remained displaced Thursday, November 15, after a fire destroyed parts of a Christian orphanage near the western Ukrainian city of Rivne, missionaries told BosNewsLife.

CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- The leadership of Canada-based rights group Middle East Christian Association (MECA) has revealed it may be forced to close its branch in Egypt to obtain the release of three Christian activists detained over the weekend, BosNewsLife learned Wednesday, November 14.

LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's security forces detained cricketer-turned-opposition politician Imran Khan Wednesday, November 14, shortly after at least 100, mainly Christian, activists were arrested and several of them beaten by riot police, BosNewsLife established.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- China's Communist government has ordered a crackdown on mushrooming underground house churches in a key province as part of a nationwide plan against devoted Christians across the country, according to a secret document leaked Tuesday, November 13, and obtained by BosNewsLife.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was detained early Tuesday, November 13, for seven days just as Christian leaders prepared for a major prayer event remembering detained political activists, including Christians.

LONDON/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Rob Frost, the influential evangelical broadcaster, preacher and author of two dozen books who also investigated the plight of persecuted Christians, has died of skin cancer-related complications, his family and colleagues said Monday, November 12. He was 57.

PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Police in the Czech Republic detained nearly 400 people, including foreigners, following bloody clashes between anti-fascists demonstrators and neo-Nazis in Prague, officials said Sunday, November 11.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Christians around the world prayed Sunday, November 11, for about 200 million Christians persecuted for their faith, organizers said.