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Top US gen. visits GIs in Afghanistan on Christmas
By News on Dec 25, 2010
MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) -- The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan crisscrossed the country on Saturday, making a Christmas visit to coalition troops at some of the main battle fronts in a show of appreciation and support in the tenth year of the war against the Taliban....
Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq
By News on Dec 25, 2010
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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Iraqi Christians celebrated a somber Christmas in a Baghdad cathedral stained with dried blood, while Pope Benedict XVI exhorted Chinese Catholics to stay loyal despite restrictions on them in a homily laced with worry for the world's Christian minorities....Female bomber kills 45 at food center in Pakistan
By News on Dec 25, 2010
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KHAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A burqa-clad female suicide bomber in Pakistan lobbed hand grenades, then detonated her explosive belt among a crowd at an aid center Saturday, killing at least 45 people in militants' latest strike against the authorities' control over the key tribal region bordering Afghanistan....