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(ADDS LATEST PICTURE ABOUT THEIR RELEASE)JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Three Indonesian women who were serving a prison sentence for including Muslim children in a church program in West Java, Indonesia, were released early Friday, June 8, amid international pressure, BosNewsLife learned.

LONDON/HEILIGENDAMM (BosNewsLife)-- A global movement of Christians, churches and other Christian groups from 32 countries condemned on Friday, June 8, the outcome of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Germany, saying it risks "squandering earlier successes in combating poverty" and was steering "tragically close to failure on Africa."

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BosNewsLife)-- The World Council of Independent Christian Churches (WICCC) expressed concern Thursday, June 7, about the plight of Christians in Sri Lanka amid reports that at least one church was burned by militants in a new wave of anti-Christian violence, while a pastor and his assistant remain in custody on allegedly trumped-up charges.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Police in Vietnam publicly torture and kill Degar Montagnard Christians in the country's Central Highlands as a warning to house churches to stop their activities, a major advocacy group alleged Wednesday, June 6.

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN (BosNewsLife)-- A man was held Wednesday, June 6, by Vatican police after he tried to jump into Benedict XVI's Popemobile during the general audience held in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Iraqi Christians are mourning the deaths of a Catholic priest and his three assistants who were gunned down by Islamic militants over the weekend, shortly after another Christian couple working for the US embassy was reportedly killed, BosNewsLife established Tuesday, June 5.

LONDON/BERLIN (BosNewsLife)-- As a clean up operation got underway in Rostock in Northern Germany, after this weekend's clashes between police and protestors, in London Christians celebrated the aftermath of more peaceful protests against poverty.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Hindu militants have threatened to kill a native missionary and to attack dozens of evangelical Christians in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a major mission group has said.

(ADDS MORE DETAILS, COMMENTS OFFICIALS AND ANALYSTS) NEW YORK, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in the United States and Trinidad charged four suspected Islamic terrorists with planning to blow

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians around the world on Friday, June 1, began 40 days of "fasting" and "praying" for the youth of North Korea, amid ongoing concerns over reports of