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Turkmenistan Pentecostal Pastor Faces Five Years Imprisonment

August 31, 2010

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos

ASHGABAT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A Pentecostal pastor remained in police custody Tuesday, August 31, in Turkmenistan where he faces five years imprisonment and confiscation of properties for "large-scale swindling", charges his wife and church members strongly deny, rights activists said.

NEWS WATCH: Romania, EU, Concerned About Gypsy Deportations From France

August 21, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

BUDAPEST/BUCHAREST (BosNewsLife)-- Romania has expressed concern about the deportations of Gypsies, or Roma, from France, saying it could lead to "xenophobic reactions". Friday's statement came as French authorities put some 100Roma, on a charter flight headed to their native Romania after expelling scores of others on Thursday.

Budapest’s “Oldest Synagogue” Reopens After 60 Years (BosNewsLife Exclusive)

August 18, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- After 60 years, the oldest synagogue in Hungary's capital Budapest will reopen September 5 during a ceremony attended by Israel's government and other leaders, a chief rabbi has told BosNewsLife.

Uzbekistan Jails Baptists, Threatens Church, report

August 7, 2010

By BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Marshall Ramsey with BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest

TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Police in Uzbekistan reportedly jailed ten Baptists for up to five days and fined three others 80 times the monthly minimum wage on charges of unauthorized worship at home, BosNewsLife monitored Friday, August 7.

NEWS WATCH: Germany Stampede Kills 19 At ‘Love Parade’

July 25, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

DUISBURG/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Officials in western Germany say at least 19 people have been killed and 80 injured in a stampede at the famed Love Parade techno music festival in the German city of Duisburg. The annual event is meant to celebrate music, love and peace.

NEWS WATCH: ICJ: Kosovo Independence Does Not Violate International Law

July 22, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

BUDAPEST/BELGRADE (BosNewsLife)-- The United Nations International Court of Justice has ruled that Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008 does not violate international law.

NEWS WATCH: Experts Exhume Bodies of Romanian Dictator, Wife

July 21, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Forensic analysts have exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, who were executed in 1989. It comes after relatives raised doubts that the couple was really buried in Romania's capital Bucharest.

BREAKING NEWS: Pentecostal Pastor Shot Dead In Dagestan

July 16, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

MAKHACHKALA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The pastor of the largest Pentecostal church in Russia's violent, mainly Muslim republic of Dagestan, has died after being shot in the head, in an apparent bid to intimidate converts from Islam, Christian rights activists and police said Friday, July 16.

NEWS WATCH: Thousands Mourn Srebrenica Massacre Victims, Criticize UN

July 11, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife at BosNewsLife News Center

SREBRENICA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Tens of thousands of people have commemorated the 15th anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. Survivors have expressed frustration over the United Nation's perceived failure to prevent the killing of more than 8,000 Muslims by Serb forces in July, 1995.

NEWS WATCH: Survivors Seek Justice on 15th Anniversary of Srebrenica Massacre

July 10, 2010

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

SREBRENICA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Preparations are underway for the 15th anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II. On July 11, 1995 the killing began of about 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica during the Balkan conflict that broke up Yugoslavia.