Saturday, December 25, 2010

Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq (AP)

Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq (AP)

Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:44 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during the 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the City and to the World) message in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI in his Christmas Day message Saturday urged Catholics loyal to him in China to courageously face limits on religious freedom and conscience. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)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 holiday address laced with worry for the world's Christian minorities.

Top US gen. visits GIs in Afghanistan on Christmas (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:06 PM PST

Pfc. Nikolai Starr of San Antonio Texas., of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 reacts as he returns fires upon a sudden attack by Taliban on Combat Out Post Badel in eastern Afghanistan near Pakistan border on Saturday, Dec 25, 2010.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)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.

Female bomber kills 45 at food center in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 08:33 AM PST

Pakistan army paramedic unload an injured victim of suicide bombing, from a van upon his arrival at Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution center in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and wounding dozens waiting for food stamps, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)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.

Storm heads to Washington after snowing in South (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 10:53 AM PST

Eleven-year-old twins, Cameron and Danielle Whitlock, make a snowman in their front yard in Decatur, Ala. on an unusually snowy Christmas morning, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. After blanketing parts of the Midwest and hampering motorists there on Christmas Eve, the storm dipped south late Friday. Winter weather advisories were in effect Saturday morning from Arkansas to the Carolinas and from West Virginia to central Alabama. Much of North Carolina was under a winter storm warning. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, John Godbey)AP - A rare white Christmas in parts of the South was complicating life for some travelers as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, while snow was predicted for the nation's Capital and travel authorities warned of potentially dangerous roads.

Dutch detain 12 Somalis on terror suspicions (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:21 PM PST

AP - Dutch police have arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack, the public prosecutor said Saturday.

Oil exports from Iraq's Kurdish north to resume (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 08:05 AM PST

Iraqi oil minister Abdul-Karim Elaibi talks to reporters after attending an Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, OAPEC meeting in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Iraq's newly appointed oil minister said on Saturday that oil exports from the country's northern self-ruled Kurdish region would soon resume as part of the country's national oil export policy. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - Iraq's newly appointed oil minister said on Saturday that oil exports from the country's northern self-ruled Kurdish region would soon resume as part of the country's national oil export policy.

A quiet and private Christmas morning for Obamas (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 10:01 AM PST

President Barack Obama travels in a motorcade through the neighborhood where he is spending his holiday vacation in Kailua, Hawaii, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama spent a quiet Christmas morning with his family Saturday, a rare bit of privacy for one of the world's most scrutinized men.

Civil War message opened, decoded: No help coming (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 08:13 AM PST

In this Jan. 14, 2009 image shows a Civil War bottle with a message that was tucked inside at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. The message to Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton says reinforcements will not be arriving. The encrypted dispatch was dated July 4, 1863 — the date of Pemberton's surrender to Union forces led by Ulysses S. Grant in what historians say was a turning point in the war. (AP Photo/Museum of the Confederacy)AP - A glass vial stopped with a cork during the Civil War has been opened, revealing a coded message to the desperate Confederate commander in Vicksburg on the day the Mississippi city fell to Union forces 147 years ago.

Spider-Man actor walking again after back surgery (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:00 PM PST

A theater worker cleans a showcard frame for 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' outside the theater, in New York, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - The stunt actor who fell 30 feet while playing Spider-Man on Broadway is walking again, and his father said Saturday that he can't wait to return to the role despite injuries that have him confined to the intensive care unit.

Christmas surprise: Knicks win one with defense (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:50 AM PST

New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire (1) defends against Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose (1) in the second quarter of their NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Amare Stoudemire and Raymond Felton each scored 20 points, and the New York Knicks limited the Chicago Bulls to two baskets in the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter, pulling away for a 103-95 victory Saturday.

China fights inflation with Christmas rate rise (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 06:18 AM PST

A shopper walks past a window displaying prices of dresses and handbags at a shopping mall in central Beijing October 21, 2010. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - China's central bank raised interest rates on Saturday for the second time in just over two months as it stepped up its battle to rein in stubbornly high inflation.

World economy can withstand $100 oil price: Kuwait (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 06:17 AM PST

Abbas Naqi, secretary general of Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), speaks to the media before the start of meeting in Cairo December 25, 2010. The global economy can withstand an oil price of $100 a barrel, Kuwait's oil minister said on Saturday, as other exporters indicated OPEC may decide against increasing output through 2011 as the market was well supplied. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-GhanyReuters - The global economy can withstand an oil price of $100 a barrel, Kuwait's oil minister said on Saturday, as other exporters indicated OPEC may decide against increasing output through 2011 as the market was well supplied.

Burqa-clad suicide bomber kills 40 in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 03:10 AM PST

A Pakistani policeman stands guard as Christians attend the Christmas service at the Saint Anthony's Church in Lahore. Fresh attacks against Christians marred the Christmas festival as Pope Benedict XVI led pleas by religious leaders for an end to persecution and peace in the Middle East.(AFP/Arif Ali)Reuters - A burqa-clad suicide bomber attacked a crowd of people waiting for aid in Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 40 of them, officials said, showing militants' ability to strike despite army offensives.

Pope Christmas message urges peace, admonishes China (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 03:39 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI leads the Christmas mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 24, 2010. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - Pope Benedict prayed for a rebirth of peace in the Middle East and encouraged Catholics in Iraq and communist China to resist persecution in his Christmas message read amid heightened security on Saturday.

20th century financial titan Neuberger dies at 107 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 07:16 AM PST

Reuters - Roy R. Neuberger, a giant among 20th century American financiers, stock brokers and patrons of the arts, has died at Manhattan's Pierre Hotel at 107, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

For many troops, a last Christmas in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:36 AM PST

Reuters - Colonel Lance Kittleson is looking forward to spending Christmas with his family next year as troops withdraw from Iraq 7-1/2 years after the invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein.

Egypt says not seeking nuclear arms (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:24 AM PST

Reuters - Egypt is not seeking to acquire nuclear arms and wants to rid the region of such weapons, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Saturday.

Airport Christmas for Europe's stranded travelers (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:58 AM PST

Bags are line-up after cancelled flights due to snow and freezing temperatures in a terminal at the Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, near Paris, December 24, 2010. REUTERS/Julien MuguetReuters - Hundreds of travelers whose flights were grounded by icy weather in Europe spent Christmas Day jammed in airport queues after sleeping overnight on camp beds in Paris and Brussels terminals.

Fresh attacks on Christians mar Christmas celebrations (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:49 AM PST

A Swiss guard stands near pilgrims listening to Pope Benedict XVI's AFP - Fresh attacks on Christians marred the Christmas holiday Saturday as Pope Benedict XVI led pleas by religious leaders for an end to persecution in Iraq and peace in the Middle East.

Ivory Coast fearful as Gbagbo rejects intervention threat (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 12:09 PM PST

A Togolese UN peacekeeper mans a position at the entrance of the Golf hotel in Abidjan. Ivory Coast marked a fearful Christmas on Saturday after West African leaders threatened military action to force defiant strongman Laurent Gbagbo to cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara.(AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - 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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