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WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- William "Bill" Murray, whose mother Madelyn Murray O'Hare used her son to legally end voluntary prayer in public schools in 1963, was to return to the US Supreme Court Thursday, May 3, to support a 'National Day of Prayer' service on the High Court's front steps, organizers said.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese authorities have released four American Christian workers and their interpreter from detention amid international pressure, but at least six other Chinese pastors arrested with them remained behind bars Thursday, May 3, BosNewsLife monitored.

KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Sudan's government on Thursday, May 3, dismissed international warrants on war crimes charges amid new reports of attacks against minorities that killed at least four Christian evangelists since last week.

ANKARA, TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- The World Council of Churches (WCC) said Wednesday, May 2, it has urged Turkish authorities to improve protection of Turkey's Christian minority amid reports of death threats against key church leaders following the "savage murders" of three Christians last month.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- There was increased concern Wednesday, May 2, about the plight of Christian Dalits after India's Supreme Court again postponed action in a landmark equal rights case, Christian rights workers said.

(ADDS JAILING OF INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST UMIDA NIYAZOVA)TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A court in Uzbekistan on Tuesday, May 1, began hearing evangelical Pastor Dmitri (David) Shestakov's appeal against his sentence to four-years in one of Uzbekistan's open labor camps on controversial "religious extremism charges," Christians close to the case said.

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- British Prince Harry will be deployed to Iraq with his regiment, the head of the British army said Monday, April 30, but their arrival was not expected to immediately diminish what an official called "mounting threats" and attacks against the country's minority Christians.

KINSHASA, CONGO (BosNewsLife)-- Amid international pressure, the Democratic Republic of Congo released Christian human rights lawyer and ex-presidential candidate Marie Therese Nlandu from prison Monday, April 30, after charges against her and nine co-defendants were dropped, Christians close to the case confirmed.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of Hindu militants on Sunday, April 29, nearly killed an independent pastor in Jaipur, the capital of India's western Rajasthan state, while his small ill daughter watched the attack, a senior human rights investigator told BosNewsLife.

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Cameroon faced an uncertain future Sunday, April 29, amid fresh reports that local authorities are seeking to control the "surging numbers" of Pentecostal churches in Western African nation.