Millions Mark Christmas Around the World
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People tore open presents and enjoyed Christmas feasts with their families across the globe on Saturday. Christians in Indonesia packed tightly guarded churches despite fears of terrorist attacks.
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Symbols of Christmas line the echoing hallways and vast rooms of Sacred Heart Monastery in Cullman - dozens of Nativity scenes, wreaths and several Christmas trees.
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Lifestyle: 26 December 2004, Sunday. The sum of BGN 840,000 was collected in The Bulgarian Christmas charity event organized for the second time in Bulgaria.
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Shopkeepers in Europe's biggest economy have a grin on their faces _ and not only because Santa is coming to town.Comment
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Tens of thousands of police are being deployed across Indonesia after warnings of attacks over Christmas.
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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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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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Worshippers brought hopes for greater peace in the coming year as they flocked to Manger Square in Bethlehem and to St. Peter&#39;s in the Vatican to hear Christmas messages urging an end to violence, particularly in the Middle East.
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Pope John Paul has celebrated Christmas midnight mass in St Peter&#39;s Basilica in Vatican City, saying the world needs the message of Jesus more than ever.
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Nation pledges all-out mobilization as snowstorms strand millions of migrants traveling for holiday.
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Authorities have stepped up security for the Christmas celebrations, deploying thousands of troops and police outside churches and other public places across the Muslim-majority archipelago.
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WENGXIANG, China  - Millions of Chinese began the biggest holiday of the year without power on Wednesday but tens of thousands of stranded passengers had found trains, buses and planes to get back home for family reunions.
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While some people met with their families on Christmas, a record number of moviegoers went out in droves to &quot;Meet the Fockers.
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Several thousand pilgrims celebrated Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Friday, welcoming the new thaw in Israeli-Palestinian relations and voicing hopes for peace in the Middle East.
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Reverend Andrew Dotchin lights five candles during a service at St Mary and St Botolph church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Thursday, Dec.Comment
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank Israel is passing out candy as it allows people to freely travel into Bethlehem this Christmas Eve. Officials say they expect some five thousand people today and tomorrow to visit the town where Jesus was born.
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As Christmas approaches, Christians around the world turn to thoughts of the Holy Land and the great figures in the Bible.