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Airport Christmas for Europe's stranded travellers

Hundreds of travellers trapped by icy weather spent Christmas Day queuing for flights in Europe on Saturday after sleeping on camp beds overnight in Paris and Brussels airports.

 
 
 

Pakistan Bombing

 
 
More than 80 were killed in a suicide bombing on a World Food Program project and a series of helicopter raids against militant camps in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday.
 
 
 

Bethlehem

 
 
Bethlehem hosted a record number of pilgrims this Christmas, Palestinian officials said Saturday as tens of thousands flocked to celebrate in the birthplace of Jesus.
 
 
 
 
 

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Gift Giving

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Imagine the expense of gifting "12 Days of Christmas".


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NEW LIFE FOR RIO'S SLUMS

A sparkling Christmas tree is atop a hill in Rio de Janeiro's Alemao slum.


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A tsunami warning has been issued for Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake below the Pacific seabed, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said on Saturday.

7.3 quake triggers Pacific tsunami on disaster anniversary

A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the western Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, triggering a small tsunami.

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Two million register for London Olympics tickets

Two million people have registered an interest for tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games, despite the prices being higher than initially promised, the head of the organising committee said Saturday.

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Ivory Coast fearful as Gbagbo rejects intervention threat

Ivory Coast marked a fearful Christmas on Saturday as defiant strongman Laurent Gbagbo rejected a West African threat to oust him by force unless he cedes power to his rival Alassane Ouattara.

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Dutch police arrest Somalis over terrorism plot

Dutch police arrested 12 Somalis on Christmas Eve on suspicion of plotting an imminent terrorist attack in the Netherlands.

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Christmas Eve attacks kill at least 38 in Nigeria

Explosions in Nigeria's central region killed 32 people on Christmas Eve and six people died in attacks on two churches in the northeast of Africa's most populous nation, officials said on Saturday.

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