Ukraine, Russian Christians Mourn At Chernobyl Anniversary

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST/KIEV (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Russian and Ukrainian Christians were among those commemorating the 25th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster Tuesday, April 26, amid new warnings that  the impact of the explosion at Ukraine's Chernobyl plant is more serious than previously thought.

NEWS WATCH: Russia’s Parliament Approves Military Action in Ukraine

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Listen to this BosNewsLife via Vatican Radio: RealAudioMP3  By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent crimea KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)--Russian President Vladimir Putin has received parliamentary approval for military action in neighboring Ukraine, where thousands of Russian forces have landed on the Crimean Peninsula. It comes amid tensions elsewhere including in Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv where dozens were injured when a pro-Russian protest turned violent, with demonstrators trying to storm the local government building.

NEWS WATCH: Hungarians Commemorate 20th Anniversary of End of Communism

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest _45559552_hungaryborder4662BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary is commemorating its crushed 1956 Revolution against Soviet domination and the 20th anniversary of its declaration as an independent republic, marking the end of communism.

Syria Christians Attacked Ahead Of Presidential Speech (UPDATE)

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By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BosNewsLife)-- Beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Sunday, January 6, that those fighting against his rule would "go to hell",  after rights activists said a shell hit a Christian area of Damascus and a car bomb exploded elsewhere in the Syrian capital.

BREAKING NEWS: Pentecostal Pastor Shot Dead In Dagestan

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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: Moscow Mayor Re-elected In First Direct Mayoral Election

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Listen to BosNewsLife via Vatican Radio: RealAudioMP3 By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife navalny_08_13_2013MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin was re-elected with at least nearly 58 percent of the vote in the first direct mayoral election in a decade, though he faced an opposition challenge

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: Russian President Shows “New World Currency” At G-8 Summit

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By George Whitten, Jerusalem Bureau Chief MOSCOW/AQUILA (BosNewsLife) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for a new global currency to replace the dollar as the World's Reserve Currency.

NEWS ALERT: Russian Christians In Meteor-Hit Region Appeal For Prayers

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By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos meteorCHELYABINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Christian missionaries and a pastor in Russia's Ural Mountains appealed for prayers late Friday, February 15, after a meteor with the power of an atomic bomb exploded over the region injuring more than 1,000 people.

NEWS WATCH: Ukraine: ‘Russia Open For Peace Plan Amid New Fighting’

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife poroshenko KIEV , UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- A town in eastern Ukraine has came under heavy shelling by pro-Russian seperatists,  a day after the Russian and Ukrainian leaders met in Belarus, to discuss the escalating crisis in east Ukraine.