Millions Celebrate Christmas Across Globe
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Worshippers brought hopes for greater peace in the coming year as they flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem and to St. Peter's in the Vatican to hear Christmas messages urging an end to violence, particularly in the Middle East. But from Indonesia to Iraq, fear overshadowed the festivities.
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Gloom was banished from Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem for the first time in years on Monday as Christian pilgrims from all over the world flocked here to celebrate Jesus' birth in an atmosphere of renewed tranquility
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Millions of revellers were celebrating the first night of the holiday last night.
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Christians around the world celebrated Christmas Saturday with Pope John Paul II leading prayers for peace and a more tranquil future, as pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem, and Iraqis
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Here is the official English translation of Pope John Paul&#39;s &quot;Urbi et Orbi&quot; (to the city and the world) Christmas message on Saturday.
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A life-sized Nativity scene is seen in front of the obelisk and near the Christmas tree in St. Peter&#39;s Square at the Vatican after the unveiling ceremony, Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.
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Religious harmony is on full display in a year when Christmas and the Muslim holiday of Tabaski fall within days of each other.
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People around the world are coming together to celebrate the world wide web and its impact on people.
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Queen Elizabeth II broadcast a special Christmas message to her country's troops serving around the world, notably in Iraq, expressing pride in their work and support at the end of a "very demanding year."
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Pope John Paul II ushered in Christmas today by celebrating Midnight Mass at St. Peter&#39;s Basilica, praying that world leaders will strive for peace and that Jews, Muslims
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Indian Christians on a peace pilgrimage hold candles during Christmas festivities at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.
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Christmas celebrations have been held at the Church of Nativity in the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, the historic birthplace of Jesus Christ.
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Pope John Paul II ushered in Christmas on Friday celebrating midnight Mass at St. Peter&#39;s Basilica, where worshipers prayed for world leaders to strive for peace and for
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In Bethlehem, the town where Christians believe Christ was born, an estimated 3,000 Christians have moved abroad.
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beaches and bars in some of Asia&#39;s most popular tourist resorts, killing more than 20,000 people and stranding many more. hundreds were foreigners, enjoying Christmas in the sun at the busiest
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Millions of Britons woke up to a white Christmas today with snow and ice causing treacherous road conditions across the country.
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Mellow chiming at the bell-towers of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Dormition and Assumption of Virgin Mary, the main Catholic church in Ukraine, announced to the arrival of Christmas to hundreds of ...