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WASHINGTON/BEIJING (BosNewsLife)-- Doug Sutphen, who became known for leading an operation to smuggle one million Bibles to China, has died at age 70, BosNewsLife learned Wednesday, May 9.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Several arrested missionaries and church leaders were recovering from injuries in Western India late Tuesday, May 8, after they were attacked by Hindu militants and dragged to local police, the latest in a series of violent incidents against Indian Christians.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A Degar Montagnard who worshipped in a house church in Vietnam's Central Highlands was free Monday, May 7, after weeks of imprisonment and torture in March and April, fellow believers said.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A tense calm returned to a small town in the southern Indian state of Karnataka after at least six people were injured Sunday, May 6, when suspected Hindu militants demanding the closure of a new church attacked evangelical Christians following a worship service, investigators told BosNewsLife.

RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- The whereabouts of several predominantly Christian Karenni villagers in Burma were unknown Saturday, May 5, after government backed forces reportedly executed a humanitarian aid worker in Burma's Karenni State.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian woman accused of blasphemy against Islam has been released on bail but concerns remain over her safety amid death threats, a human rights official involved in the trial confirmed to BosNewsLife Friday, May 4.

WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Former US Presidents Bill Clintonand George H.W. Bush will help dedicate the Billy Graham Library namedafter the legendary but currently frail evangelist, BosNewsLife learned Friday, May 4.

ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)-- There was international concern late Friday, May 4, about the plight of a key Christian leader and about 80 other evangelicals, including foreign nationals, who were reportedly detained in Eritrea's capital Asmara where government security forces raided the Presbyterian Mehret Yesus Church.

HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Two Degar Montagnard Christians have been detained and tortured in Vietnam's Central Highlands after security forces discovered they had been collecting names of the most impoverished people apparently to better target aid, fellow believers toldBosNewsLife Thursday, May 3.

TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in Uzbekistan have forced evangelical Pastor Dmitri (David) Shestakov to withdraw an appeal against his sentence to four years labor camp, Protestant and other sources following the case said Thursday, May 3.