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April 30, 2012
By Lekan Oyekanmi, Voice of America Correspondent reporting from Kaduna, Nigeria
 KADUNA, NIGERIA ( BosNewsLife)-- Still traumatized residents in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna are trying to resume their lives after an Easter Sunday car bombing that killed at many as 38 people. Scores of wounded and witnesses are attempting to come to grips with the attack.
Tags: Boko Haram, Church, John Ali, Kaduna, Lekan Oyekanmi, Militant, Umar Garuba, Wounded
Posted in Africa, Nigeria | No Comments »
April 29, 2012
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
 ABUJA, NIGERIA ( BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants attacked a Christian worship service in in northern Nigeria Sunday, April 29, killing over a dozen people and injuring many others, an evangelist told BosNewsLife from the region.
Tags: Boko Haram, Christians, Islamic, Kano, Northern, Sinful, State, University, Worship
Posted in Africa, Kenya | 1 Comment »
April 29, 2012
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
 TEHRAN, IRAN ( BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian Christian convert was free Sunday, April 29, after he was released from Tehran's notorious Evin prison following some 180 days of imprisonment, but concerns remained over other detained believers, Iranian Christians
said.
Tags: Authorities, Believers, Christians, Concerts, Fariborz Arazm, House Church, Married
Posted in Iran, Middle East | No Comments »
April 28, 2012
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 BEIJING, CHINA ( BosNewsLife)-- A blind activist who became a symbol of the fight more religious and political rights in China has fled to the United States embassy in Beijing after escaping from house arrest, but others close to him have been detained, Christian rights activists told BosNewsLife Saturday, April 28.
Tags: Arrest, Chen Guangcheng, Chinese, Christian, Christians, Detention, House, Rights Activist
Posted in Asia/Pacific, China | No Comments »
April 27, 2012
By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 NEW DELHI, INDIA ( BosNewsLife)-- Hundreds of future missionaries have graduated at a Bible college in India's northern state of Rajasthan and pledged to "die for Christ" if necessary amid expected persecution, a major mission group said.
Tags: Children, Churches, Colonies, Doctor, Hopegivers, International, Lepers, Orphans, Samuel Thomas
Posted in Asia/Pacific, India | 2 Comments »
April 26, 2012
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 TEHRAN, IRAN ( BosNewsLife)-- Iranian security forces have destroyed a 200-year-old Christian cemetery in southeastern Iran after they earlier used bulldozers to remove an historical church in the area, Iranian Christians said in comments monitored by BosNewsLife Thursday, April 26.
Tags: British, Christians, Crosses, Destruction, Kerman, Security
Posted in Iran, Middle East | 1 Comment »
April 25, 2012
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
 TEHRAN, IRAN ( BosNewsLife)-- Family members of jailed Iranian Pastor Behnam Irani fear he may die behind bars amid mounting concerns about his rapidly deteriorating health and prison mistreatment, an official assisting him with advocacy told BosNewsLife Wednesday, April 25.
Tags: Bars, Behnam Irani, Concerns, Die, Family, Health, Members, Pastor, Prison
Posted in Iran, Middle East | No Comments »
April 25, 2012
By BosNewsLife Asia Service BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent Santosh Digal in India
 NEW DELHI, INDIA ( BosNewsLife)-- The nephew of a pentecostal pastor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu was still healing from his injuries Wednesday, April 25, nearly two weeks after suspected Hindu militants attacked him with a sword during a worship service.
Tags: GCIC, Investigators, Pentecostal, Persecution, Tamil Nadu
Posted in Asia/Pacific, India | No Comments »
April 24, 2012
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
TEHRAN/STOCKHOLM ( BosNewsLife)-- There was concern over the plight of several Iranian Christian asylum seekers in Sweden Tuesday, April 24, after Swedish authorities decided to deport them despite fears they may be jailed or even executed there, Christians said.
Tags: Christianity, Jesus, Media, Mohammad-Ali Hodaei, Mohammad-Reza Hamedi, Mohammad-Reza Hamedian Esfahani, Swedish, Yasin Elyasi
Posted in Iran, Middle East | No Comments »
April 23, 2012
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
 ABUJA, NIGERIA ( BosNewsLife)-- Christians in northern Nigeria were without weighing their options Monday, April 23, after a packed church building collapsed during a recent Easter vigil service, killing at least 22 people and injuring over 30 others.
Tags: Adamgbe, Attack, Benue, Boko Haram, Catholic Church, Easter, Kaduna, St Robert's, Vigil
Posted in Africa, Nigeria | No Comments »
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KADUNA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Still traumatized residents in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna are trying to resume their lives after an Easter Sunday car bombing that killed at many as 38 people. Scores of wounded and witnesses are attempting to come to grips with the attack.
