Pope Francis condemns persecution in Christmas address
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25 Dec 2014

25 December 2014 Last updated at 11:50 GMT Pope Francis has delivered his traditional Christmas address from the balcony of St. Peter"s Basilica. He used it to denounced the "brutal persecution" of religious and ethnic minorities and talked about victims of conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Share this story...

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Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014.
photo: AP / Alessandra Tarantino

updated 19 Dec 2014; published 19 Dec 2014
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Pope Francis: The Christmas Tree and the Nativity Scene bring a message of hope
updated 26 Dec 2013; published 26 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis denounces persecution of Christians in Middle East in traditional noon prayer
updated 09 Dec 2014; published 09 Dec 2014
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Pope Francis to meet with large families on December 28
updated 28 May 2014; published 25 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis holds Christmas Eve mass at Vatican
updated 31 May 2014; published 25 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis gives first Christmas Day address: Pope prays for peace in Middle East
updated 05 Sep 2014; published 26 Dec 2013
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Pope Francis denounces the growing Muslim persecution of Christians across the Middle East
Sony releases "The Interview" online
Full Article Xinhua
25 Dec 2014

> • Sony Picture Entertainment released the controversial film "The Interview" online Wednesday. • The film is a comedy about a plot to assassinate DPRK leader which prompted a cyberattack. • The film was available at Google Play, YouTube Movies, Microsoft's Xbox Video and a Sony site. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Sony Picture Entertainment...

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A banner for "The Interview"is posted outside Arclight Cinemas, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.
photo: AP / Damian Dovargane

updated 22 Dec 2014; published 22 Dec 2014
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Sony to Release 'The Interview' Anyway!
updated 18 Dec 2014; published 18 Dec 2014
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Interview Down: Sony cancels film release over terror threats from hackers
updated 16 Dec 2014; published 16 Dec 2014
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Sony Hackers Threaten to Bomb Movie Theaters This Christmas if "The Interview" Film is Released
updated 18 Dec 2014; published 18 Dec 2014
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Sony Cancels Release Of "The Interview" After Hacking
updated 19 Dec 2014; published 19 Dec 2014
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FBI Confirms North Korea Responsible For Sony/Interview Cyber Attack - IGN News
updated 18 Dec 2014; published 18 Dec 2014
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Sony Decides Against Releasing The Interview - The Know
Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone declares three-day lockdown in north
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25 Dec 2014

Sierra Leone has declared lockdown of at least three days in the north of the country to try to contain the Ebola epidemic. Shops, markets and non-Ebola related travel services will be shut down, officials said. Sierra...

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Hearth workers cover the body of a man suspected of dying from the Ebola virus on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014.
photo: AP / Abbas Dulleh

updated 22 Sep 2014; published 22 Sep 2014
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New Ebola cases found in Sierra Leone lockdown
updated 21 Sep 2014; published 21 Sep 2014
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Sierra Leone in lockdown to control Ebola
updated 21 Sep 2014; published 21 Sep 2014
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EBOLA PANDEMIC Forces SIERRA LEONE Into LOCKDOWN with DOOR TO DOOR SEARCH for INFECTED PEOPLE
updated 20 Sep 2014; published 20 Sep 2014
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Sierra Leone's Nationwide Ebola Curfew Underway
updated 25 Dec 2014; published 25 Dec 2014
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Ebola crisis Sierra Leone declares three day lockdown in north
updated 11 Dec 2014; published 11 Dec 2014
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Ebola Outbreak: Sierra Leone community to hold 2-week lockdown
Pilgrims, Palestinians Celebrate Christmas Eve in Bethlehem
photo: AP / Adel Hana

updated 01 Aug 2014; published 25 Dec 2013
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State of Palestine: Thousands celebrate Christmas Eve in Bethlehem
updated 22 Aug 2014; published 24 Dec 2012
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Christmas in Bethlehem has extra significance for Palestinians
updated 01 Aug 2014; published 24 Dec 2013
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State of Palestine: Christmas peace comes to barbed-wire Bethlehem
updated 17 Jan 2014; published 25 Dec 2013
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State of Palestine: Thousands celebrate Christmas Eve in Bethlehem
updated 30 Jul 2013; published 28 Mar 2009
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Bethlehem- Palestine :looking for Jesus ( Loreena McKennitt: Prologue -as music illustration)
updated 03 Sep 2014; published 24 Dec 2013
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Replica Palestine Separation Wall Built in Central London | 'Bethlehem Unwrapped' Opens
File - This undated image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria.
photo: AP / Militant website

updated 17 Oct 2014; published 17 Oct 2014
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ISIL fighters 'trained to fly warplanes' in Syria
updated 18 Oct 2014; published 18 Oct 2014
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ISIL has captured 3 Mig-21 fighters, made in Russia / Soviet Union, pilots in active training
updated 17 Jun 2014; published 13 Jun 2014
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Video shows hundreds of Iraqis walking being captured by ISIL militants Tikrit, Iraq
updated 10 Oct 2014; published 10 Oct 2014
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ISIL militants capture one-third of Syrian town
updated 26 Sep 2014; published 26 Sep 2014
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Hidden camera captures life under ISIL in Raqqa, Syria
updated 05 Sep 2014; published 29 Aug 2014
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VIDEO: ISIS executes hundreds of captured Syrian soldiers in yet another atrocity

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The Independent
One of the few Westerners to be given access to Isis strongholds claims he was confronted with an enemy the West cannot defeat, warning: “This is a one per cent movement with the...
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WorldNetDaily
We must remember that Israel is a small country, about the size of New Jersey, with only 8 million people. It is surrounded by Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and the Mediterranean...
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The Charlotte Observer
The Dow Jones industrial average, an index of 30 U.S. blue-chip stocks, is the oldest barometer of the stock market. On Tuesday, it closed above 18,000 for the first time in its...

** FILE ** In this Feb. 19, 2009 file photo Israel's Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman is seen before giving a speech at a Jerusalem conference. Israeli police interrogated Lieberman, who took office this week as foreign minister, for more than seven hours on Thursday April 2, 2009 in connection to an ongoing bribery probe.
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Israeli police have arrested more than two dozen current and former officials in a corruption investigation, including several from the party of Avigdor Lieberman, the foreign minister, according to a police spokesperson. Local media reported on...
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This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning police vehicle in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.
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Terror wrought by the feared Islamic State, Ebola crisis, Syrian civil war, Gaza war and unrest in Ukraine posed significant challenges for the United Nations in 2014, a year that ended with a message of harmony from India as the world body adopted...
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a visit to the new Coca Cola factory, which she officially opened in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.
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THE Queen has praised the heroism of foreign aid workers in West Africa’s Ebola zone, and in the centenary year of the outbreak of World War I, touched on one of the most poignant moments of that conflict. But despite the agitation of British...
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A Pakistani man who was injured in a suicide bombing is rushed by volunteers to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013.
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Pakistan is to establish military courts to hear terrorism-related cases in the wake of a massacre at a school. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the move would help ensure "terrorists pay the price" for their "heinous acts". Last...
photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad
Currency exchange & remittance in Chinese RMB / HK Dollars are active in the en:Cleverly Street, Sheung Wan, HK 急庇利街的外匯zh:商店 Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island (in between Central and Sai Ying Pun). It is part of the Central and Western District
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Motorists and passers-by in Hong Kong likely thought Christmas had come early today, after a road accident saw millions of Hong Kong dollars spewing onto a busy motorway. But police in Hong Kong have urged members of the public to return any cash...
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Palestinian Christians attend Sunday mass led by the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, ahead of Christmas in Gaza City on December 16, 2012. The Jordanian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Fouad Twal arrives in Gaza to attend a celebration with Palestinians, ahead of Christmas.Photo by Ahmad Deeb / WN
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VOA News Christmas Eve in Bethlehem began less than peacefully Wednesday when a shoving match broke out between a marching band and police during holiday celebrations. Video of the scuffle shows security forces with batons raised as the Latin...
photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb
Hundreds of people in Chater Garden  pro-democracy demonstrators took to Hong Kong's streets today to mark Christmas Eve.
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HONG KONG: Around 100 pro-democracy demonstrators took to Hong Kong's streets today to mark Christmas Eve, the first sizeable rally since the last of the protest camps which blocked main roads was cleared last week. Protesters, holding metres-long...
photo: Creative Commons / VOA


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