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BHUBANESWAR, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Hindu militant who already serves a life sentence for murdering Australian missionary Graham Staines and his sons, received another life imprisonment term Saturday, September 22, for killing a Catholic priest in the Indian state of Orissa,eight years ago.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (BosNewsLife)-- Lebanese Christians on Friday, September 21, mourned an assassinated Christian member of parliament, known for daring criticism towards Syria, during an emotionally charged funeral service.

DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Bangladesh spent another day Thursday, September 20, without justice, six years after suspected Muslim militants bombed their church killing 10 people, human rights investigators said.

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high Wednesday, September 19, in an area of the Indonesian city of Tangerand on the island of Java, after several Christians were injured when a congregation of the Protestant Batak Church was attacked by an angry Muslim mob, investigators said.

VATICAN CITY/MANILA (BosNewsLife)-- The president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Renato Rafaelle Martino, said Tuesday, September 18, that proceedings are underway to beatify his predecessor, a Vietnamese cardinal imprisoned for 13 years by the Communists.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani Christian teenager remained in hiding Tuesday, September 18, a day after a court overturned his prison sentence and acquitted him on blasphemy charges.

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A tense calm returned Monday, September 17, around the premises of the Leesburg Regional Medical Center in the city of Leesburg in Florida, after clergy and citizens from over 30 churches gathered there this weekend to protest the dismissal of a chaplain because he had openly prayed "in Jesus name," organizers said.

SEOUL/MANILA (BosNewsLife)-- South Korea's government said Sunday, September 16, it will send a fact-finding mission to Afghanistan to determine whether it is safe to allow about 100 South Korean residents to continue to stay in the war-ravaged nation, a major news paper reported.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (BosNewsLife)-- Police in the Philippines' Ilocos Norte province on Sunday, September 16, continued gathering evidence against two sisters who allegedly killed a popular Catholic priest following a family dispute over a church donation.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent house church leaders who was convicted of illegally printing up to 40 million Bibles and other Christian writings was home Saturday, September 15, after three years detention, family members and Christians involved in the case said.