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Mother Dead Dissident Prevented From Visiting Church, Cemetery

August 20, 2010

By BosNewsLife Americas Service

BANES, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- The devoted Catholic mother of late dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died in prison, prepared for another tense weekend Friday, August 20, after Cuban officials made clear she would not be allowed to attend Sunday Mass and visit the cemetery where her son is buried, rights activists said.

AMERICA WATCH: Muslim-Turned-Christian Girl Released From Custody

August 10, 2010

By Marshall Ramsey, BosNewsLife North America Correspondent

COLUMBUS, OHIO (BosNewsLife)-- Rifqa Bary, a young Muslim-turned-Christian girl who fled her home amid fears she would be killed turned 18 Tuesday, August 10, and is now released from Ohio state custody, BosNewsLife learned.

BREAKING NEWS: Call2all Co-Founder Avery Willis Dies At 76

July 30, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

WASHINGTON DC. USA (BosNewsLife)-- Missionary Avery Willis, the co-founder of one of the world's largest evangelistic movements 'Call2all', has died after losing his battle with leukemia, his family and the movement's president confirmed Friday, July 30. He was 76.

NEWS ALERT: Cuba To Release 52 Dissidents, Church Says

July 8, 2010
By BosNewsLife Americas Service

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba will release 52 political prisoners as part of the communist-run Caribbean island's largest release of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998, the Cuban Catholic Church said.

AMERICA WATCH: Obama To Control Internet Under Proposed Senate Bill

June 18, 2010

By BosNewsLife North America Service with George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior Correspondent

WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- American President Barack Obama will receive "absolute power" to shut down the Internet, according to proposed U.S. Senate legislation seen by Worthy News Friday, June 18.

U.S. Pastors Praise Morocco As Christian Serves Jail Sentence For Evangelism

June 18, 2010

By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior Correspondent

RABAT / WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian is serving 15 years in a Moroccan jail for evangelism, a Christian rights groups said, while American Christian leaders praised Morocco Thursday, June 17, for its "long history of friendship and religious cooperation."

NEWS ALERT: Hamas Leader’s Christian Son Faces Deportation From U.S.

June 14, 2010

By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Jerusalem Bureau Chief

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife) -– Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian, is facing a deportation hearing on June 30 in San Diego because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security views him as "a threat to America’s national security", Worthy News learned Monday, June 14.

Christians Remember Murdered U.S. Evangelists

May 16, 2010

By BosNewsLife North America Service

tute_sufra_166935k1-150x1503WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian leaders were preparing to hold a memorial service later Sunday, May 16, in the Boynton Beach are of the U.S. state of Florida to honor two street evangelists who were murdered there earlier this year.

AMERICA WATCH: Broadcaster Airing U.S. Day Of Prayer Despite Court Ruling

May 6, 2010

By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

0415-national-day-prayer_jpg_full_600WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- International Christian broadcaster GOD Television was to air Thursday, May 6, the United States' National Day of Prayer (NDP), amid concerns among Christians that the annual event may be banned following a controversial court ruling.

NEWS ALERT: Wife, Children Of Jailed Cuban Pastor Face Eviction

April 24, 2010

By BosNewsLife News Center

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- The wife of jailed Cuban Pastor Omar Gude Perez faced a difficult weekend after authorities reportedly told her that the family home is to be confiscated. The family will be relocated to a significantly smaller apartment in poor conditions outside the city of Camaguey, said advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), which has closely monitored the case.