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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has criticized allies for not doing enough to support the war against Taliban militants in Afghanistan, saying injured soldiers have to wait too long before they are evacuated from the battlefield.

TEHRAN/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- Britain has condemned Iran's plans to introduce a law which would legalize the death penalty for apostasy, BosNewsLife monitored Wednesday, October 7.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Taliban militants bombed a Catholic-run girls' school in the tense Swat valley of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, amid rising Islamic extremism in the region, officials said Wednesday October 8.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in the southern Philippines feared more attacks Tuesday, October 7, a day after the European Union said it would extend seven million euros, or almost 10 million dollars, in emergency aid for people displaced by the Muslim insurgency in the area.

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- The organization of world renowned evangelist Billy Graham has begun collecting stories from people impacted by his 60 years of evangelistic activities, in time for his 90th birthday.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Degar Montagnard Christians in Vietnam's Central Highlands faced another tense day Monday, October 6, after investigators confirmed that a preacher was killed, apparently by Vietnamese security forces, as part of a crackdown on Christianity and 'house churches' in the area.

LONDON/ISLAMABAD (BosNewsLife)-- Britain wants to pressure Pakistan to improve the religious rights of minority Christians amid concerns over violent attacks and controversial blasphemy laws that can carry the death penalty, sources close to the talks said.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Protestant pastor in Pakistan has pleaded for police protection after his daughter was kidnapped and suspected Muslim militants threatened to kill his family, BosNewsLife learned Sunday, October 5.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An official of Maoist rebels claimed responsibility Saturday, October 4, for the death of a Hindu leader whose murder sparked anti-Christian riots in eastern India which killed nearly 50 people since late August, church representatives said.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Some 5,000 Hungarians marched in Budapest Saturday, October 4, against violence and discrimination amid concerns over growing right wing extremism in the country.