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BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife) -- Iraqi Chaldean Priest Nawzat P. Hanna was unexpectedly released by suspected Islamic militants in Baghdad after three days of captivity when he was apparently beaten, BosNewsLife learned Wednesday, May 23.

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife) -- Christians in Baghdad on Tuesday, May 22, continued efforts to win the release of a kidnapped priest as violence spread across the Iraqi capital, which killed at least 25 people.

GAZA/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- As night fell, "hungry" and "frightened" Christians remained trapped in their houses in Gaza on Monday, May 21, as rival Palestinian factions continued their battles while Israel increased air strikes against militants, a Christian aid group said.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- An Israeli woman was killed and a man injured Monday, May 21, when a rocket launched from the nearby Gaza Strip hit a car at a commercial center in the southern town of Sderot, near a bakery, just hours after Israel confirmed it had killed "a senior terrorist" of the militant group Hamas.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's prime minister said Sunday, May 20, he has accepted the resignation of the justice minister and the dismissals of the national and Budapest police chiefs amid rape and corruption allegations.

BUDAPEST/BUCHAREST (BosNewsLife)-- Romanians have voted against the dismissal of their president, Traian Basescu, on charges of abuse of power.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Five house church leaders were free Saturday, May 19, following their release from prison in China's Xinjiang province amid "intensive diplomacy and media pressure", human rights investigators said.

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- The World Council of Churches (WCC) on Friday, May 18, urged the World Bank to urgently reform itself "and give a more effective voice to developing countries," after Paul Wolfowitz announced he would step down as World Bank president.

ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Native Christian missionaries in one of the most remote and religiously tense areas of Nigeria continued their activities Friday, May 18, amid reports that a violent storm destroyed an entire community.

MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The Russian Orthodox Church began a new era Friday, May 18, after it reunited with a rival grouping, ending eight decades of divisions.