NEWS ALERT: Churches Suffer In Japan’s Tsunami; Asia Christians Grief

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By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent
NEW DELHI/TOKYO (BosNewsLife)-- Christians across Asia prayed for Japan as the strongest earth quake ever recorded unleashed a monster tsunami that pulverized northeastern areas and impacted churches there.

Pakistan Bombing Kills 25 Near Home Of Murdered Minister

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Some 25 people were killed and over 100 others wounded in a car bombing in Pakistan's Punjab province near the home of Christian government minister Shabaz Bhatti, who was assassinated last week, police officials said Tuesday, March 8.

NEWS ALERT: China Court Upholds 15 Year Imprisonment For Pastor Yimiti

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- An ethnic minority house church leader remained detained in China's troubled northwestern Xinjiang region Sunday, March 6, after a court rejected an appeal to review his 15 years prison sentence on charges of revealing state secrets to overseas groups.

BREAKING NEWS: Thousands Attend Funeral Of Murdered Pakistan Minister Bhatti

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians warned Friday, March 4, that Pakistan should stand up against religious extremism at an emotionally charged funeral for the country's Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, who was assassinated after publicly opposing controversial blasphemy legislation.

BREAKING NEWS: Christians Mourn Assassinated Pakistan Minister Bhatti; Muslim Militants Suspected

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reporting from Pakistan ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Pakistani Christians and leading rights groups mourned Pakistan's Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti, who was shot and killed Wednesday, March 2, by suspected Muslim militants after publicly criticizing controversial blasphemy legislation.

URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan’s Christian Minister Bhatti Assassinated (WRAP)

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Gumen have shot and killed Pakistan's Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, who publicly challenged the country's controversial blasphemy laws and demanded more rights for minority Christians in the mainly Islamic nation.

Vietnam To Jail Frail Catholic Priest; Dissident Detained

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service
HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A Vietnamese Catholic priest known for publicly expressing views on democracy and human rights faced a difficult month Tuesday, March 1, as he was due to be imprisoned again on charges of spreading "propaganda" against the state", despite international concerns over his health.

NEWS ALERT: Laos Christians Facing Starvation; Officials Cutting Off Food, Water

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Scores of terrified villagers faced starvation in the jungles of Laos on Sunday, February 27, after they were driven from their village at gunpoint for refusing to give up Christianity in this predominantly Buddhist nation, residents and rights activists said.

Detained Afghanistan Christians Facing Death Penalty

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By BosNewsLife News Center KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Afghan Christians who were arrested for their conversion to Christianity remain behind bars despite diplomatic efforts by the United States to secure their release, a Christian rights group said Wednesday, February 23.

Indian Christians Rally Against Planned Execution Of Pakistan Christian

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By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of Indian Christians have demonstrated at the border with neighboring Pakistan against the death sentence given to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi on charges of committing blasphemy against Islam, The Times of India news paper reported Saturday, February 19.