NEWS WATCH: Georgia Parliamentary Vote Overshadowed By Scandals (Update)

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BosNewsLifeRadioGeorgiaElections Listen to BosNewsLife's report via Vatican Radio  By BosNewsLife News Center TBILISI/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Voting began Monday, October 1, in heavily Orthodox Georgia in parliamentary elections with the party of the pro-western president facing a strong challenge following mounting criticism over his policies and a prison scandal.

Azerbaijan Christians Appeal Closure Of Protestant Church

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest BAKU/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians on Tuesday, August 14, prepared to go to Azerbaijan's Supreme Court after a lower tribunal upheld a decision to close down their Baku Greater Grace Protestant Church, adding to concerns about a reported crackdown on Protestants in Azerbaijan.

NEW EUROPE: Refugees Rushing To Reach Hungary Ahead Of Fence

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Hungarian-Serbian border area torAsotthalom8ÁSOTTHALOM, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Macedonia has seen fighting among migrants at a train station as they rush to reach Serbia and from there Hungary, a European Union member state. Refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other nations are racing to reach Hungary before it finishes building a fence to keep them out.

NEWS WATCH: Ukraine’s Government Threatens State of Emergency Amid Clashes

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Listen to this BosNewsLife News reportRealAudioMP3  By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife letöltés KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Ukraine's government has threatened to impose a state of emergency as unrest spreads across the former Soviet nation, while Ukrainians remember as many as four demonstrators who died in clashes between anti-government protesters and police.

NEWS WATCH: Russia’s Putin Orders Security Crackdown After Suicide Attacks

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Listen to this BosNewsLife News Report via Vatican Radio: RealAudioMP3  By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife bus MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered new security measures across Russia following two suicide attacks killed dozens of people within two days in the southern city of Volgograd.

NEWS WATCH: Georgia’s President Admits Defeat In Parliamentary Poll

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BosNewsLifeRadioGeorgiaUpdate Listen here to BosNewsLife's news report via Vatican Radio  By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos TBILISI/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili has conceded defeat for his party in Monday's parliamentary vote. Appearing visibly upset on national television, Saakhasvili acknowledged his first major political setback since he became the country's head of state following the 2004 'Rose Revolution' protests against rigged elections.

Bishops Condemn Fatwa To Destroy Middle East Churches

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By BosNewsLife News Center
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Christian bishops in Austria, Germany and Russia have condemned Saudi Arabia's top religious official after reports that he issued a fatwa, or decree, saying all churches on the Arabian Peninsula should be destroyed.

NEWS WATCH: Kazakhstan President Re-election Expected Amid Uncertainty

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent _PARLIAMEN_2109549b ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev was set to renew his 26-year grip on power in elections on a pledge to offer the multi-ethnic Central Asian state economic and social stability in return for what rights groups call "systematic suppression" of opposition and devoted Christians.

Armenia, Turkey Sign Landmark Accord Despite Tensions

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ap_turkey_armenia_190_eng_10oct09BUDAPEST/ISTANBUL/YEREVAN (BosNewsLife)-- The former Soviet republic of Armenia and Turkey have signed a historic accord on normalizing relations after a century of hostility.

Uzbekistan Police Raid Church Feeding Homeless

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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest TASHKENT/BUDAPEST-- Police in Uzbekistan broke up a Protestant youth conference, detaining dozens of Christians, and separately raided and Protestant church feeding homeless people for allegedly violating local regulations, a religious rights group said Wednesday, April 21.
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