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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- South Korean officials and representatives of the militant Taliban movement continued negotiations Sunday, August 12, over the fate of 21 South Korean Christians held hostage for nearly three weeks, Afghan officials confirmed.

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Despite persecution and bloodshed thousands of Bibles have been distributed in northern Iraq and "many Iraqis" are becoming Christians, missionaries told BosNewsLife in a statement monitored Sunday, August 12.

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife) -- One of Cuba's longest serving dissidents has been freed after nearly 13 years imprisonment for "revealing state security secrets", raising hopes that other dissidents including Christians could be freed, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, August 11.

CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife) -- An Egyptian convert to Christianity who filed a law suit for his conversion to be officially recognized remained in hiding Friday, August 10, after his lawyer reportedly received death threats from Egypt's secret service.

CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Two Egyptian Christians remained detained late Thursday, August 9, after police detained them for their work on the Web site of a Christian Arab group based in Canada.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Representatives of Hungary's Jewish community remained concerned Thursday, August 9, about the formation of an armed "Hungarian Guard" by an extreme-right-wing

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- An influential US-based network of conservative, religious and disability groups warned Wednesday, August 8, that a premature withdrawal of American troops could lead to "the extermination of Christians and Christianity in Iraq."

BRUSSELS/CASABLANCA (BosNewsLife)-- The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged media unions throughout the world to support Moroccan journalists who are on strike to demand the release of their colleague Mustapha Hurmatallah and others jailed on charges that include "offending Islam".

VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLfe)-- Security forces and others have killed at least 13 Christians in Laos in recent weeks as part of a crackdown on Hmong villagers "falsely accused of stirring rebel dissent", a Christian news agency reported Tuesday, August 7.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Desperate efforts continued Tuesday, August 7, to free the remaining 21 South Korean Christians held as hostages in Afghanistan, after two of them were killed by militants of the Taliban movement.