BREAKING NEWS: Concerns Over Libya’s Christians As Allies Launch Military Action (Update)

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By BosNewsLife Middle East and Africa Services with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos at BosNewsLife News Center
TRIPOLI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- Libya's minority Christians were among those facing danger Saturday, March 19, as the international community began enforcing a no fly zone over the predominantly Sunni Muslim nation to halt attacks by forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Christian Refugees Face Obstacles Following Terror Attacks

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By BosNewsLife News Center with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos torAsotthalom8PARIS/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- With more than a hundred people killed in France's worst terror attacks since World War Two, thousands of Christian refugees from Syria and Iraq face an uncertain future, rights activists say. Aid workers have expressed concern about a developing humanitarian crisis after most nations along Europe's refugee corridor abruptly shut their borders this month to those not coming from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan or Iraq.

NEWS WATCH: NATO Agrees On New Leader And Afghan Strategy

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife STRASBOURG, FRANCE (BosNewsLife) -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization named Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as its new secretary general Saturday, April 4, after Turkey lifted its objections to the choice.

NEWS ALERT: French Jihadist Detained Over Deadly Attack On Jewish Museum

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By BosNewsLife News Center still-cctv-footage-attack BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A suspected French jihadist who spent time in Syria has been detained over his alleged involvement in the shooting deaths of three people at Brussels’ Jewish Museum, police said.

The Cozy Church (Column)

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By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist FatherHamelMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (BosNewsLife Columns)-- The recent murder of a Catholic priest at his church in northern France, by two young men claiming allegiance to Islamic State, brings starkly to Europe a morbid taste of the horrors that have terrorized the church in parts of the Middle East for the past several years.

Court Overturns Worship Ban In France

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife FRANCE, PARIS (BosNewsLife)-- An administrative court in France has overturned a government ban on meetings in churches...

BREAKING NEWS: Suspect In French Shootings Dies (Update)

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By BosNewsLife News Center TOULOUSE, FRANCE (BosNewsLife)-- The man held responsible for killing a rabbi and three young children at a Jewish school in France and three French paratroopers has died after jumping from a window while "shooting" at police, French authorities confirmed Thursday, March 22.  

Europe Court Hears Appeal Request Of Dismissed British Christians

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By BosNewsLife News Center chaplin LONDON/STRASBOURG (BosNewsLife)-- The European Court of Human Rights will decide Monday, May 27, whether to allow the final appeal of three British Christian professionals who were dismissed from their duties for wearing a cross and expressing Biblical views about marriage and sexual ethics, an advocacy group supporting the plaintiffs said. .

BREAKING NEWS: Europe Court Rejects Appeal Of Dismissed British Christians

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By BosNewsLife News Center European Court of Human Rights STRASBOURG/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- The European Court of Human Rights has refused to allow another appeal of three British Christian professionals who claimed they were dismissed for openly expressing their Christian faith, representatives told BosNewsLife Wednesday, May 29.

NEWS ALERT: British Airways Employee Wins Case Over Wearing Cross

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By BosNewsLife News Center British Airways employee Nadia EweidaSTRASBOURG/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian employee of British Airways (BA) has won a landmark legal battle over her right to wear a cross at work.