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Pope delivers Christmas message to persecuted Christian 'martyrs'
Fox News
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent U.N.-backed peace processes for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people, denouncing the "monstrous evil" and atrocities they have endured and praising ...
Pope urges unity against militantsSky News Australia
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Arson Suspected in Fire at Clinton's Early Childhood Home
ABC News
Authorities say a fire that caused minor damage to former President Bill Clinton's childhood home in Hope, Arkansas, was apparently caused by arson. Hope Police Department Chief J.R. Wilson says a motorist spotted flames early Friday at the Clinton ...
Bill Clinton's first home damaged in suspected arsonUSA TODAY
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a surprise stop in Pakistan
Los Angeles Times
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, left, welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the airport in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday. Modi made a surprise stopover in the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Pakistan since 2004. Pakistani ...
A bold & laudable initiativeThe Hindu
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'Tens' killed in Nigeria Christmas Eve gas plant explosion: presidency
Reuters
ONITSHA, Nigeria Tens of people were killed in an explosion at a gas plant in southern Nigeria, the presidency said on Friday, with one journalist putting the death toll at 100. The blast occurred on Thursday when a truck was discharging butane gas at ...
Nigerian Gas Plant Explosion Leaves at Least Eight People DeadBloomberg
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Pope calls in Christmas message for unity against militant atrocities
Reuters
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis urged the world in his Christmas message on Friday to unite to end atrocities by Islamist militants that he said were causing immense suffering in many countries. Security was tight at the Vatican as Francis, marking the third ...
A look back at Pope Francis' remarkable yearCBS News
Pope issues Christmas call to end sufferingUSA TODAY
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Police: Fight Sparks North Carolina Mall Shooting; 1 Killed
ABC News
Authorities respond to the scene of a shooting at the Northlake Mall in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Reed). 0 Shares. Email. A shooting at a North Carolina mall sent shoppers fleeing into stores, some locking themselves ...
Police kill teen gunman inside Northlake MallThe State
N.C. Shoppers Dive For Cover; Off-Duty Officer Kills GunmanNPR
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Police kill teen gunman inside Charlotte mall
Miami Herald
Christmas Eve descended into chaos Thursday when shots were fired between two groups at a north Charlotte mall and a responding off-duty police officer shot and killed one of the alleged gunmen. Northlake Mall was jammed with last-minute holiday ...
Off-duty police officer shoots man with gun at North Carolina mallFox News
Police: Armed man killed in Charlotte mallCNN
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Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass
USA TODAY
VATICAN CITY (AP) — In his Christmas Eve homily Thursday, Pope Francis noted the simplicity of Jesus' birth as he rebuked what he called societies' intoxication with consumerism, pleasure, abundance and wealth. Christians around the world joyfully ...
Pope, on Christmas, urges return to essential valuesReuters
Pope Francis attacks consumerist society in midnight mass at VaticanThe Guardian
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Protesters in Chicago stage 'Black Christmas' in shopping district
Miami Herald
More than a hundred people marched along North Michigan Avenue on Thursday, holding “die-ins” in the street and blocking last-minute shoppers from stores as they staged a “Black Christmas” in response to the Laquan McDonald shooting. “When one part ...
New audio shows Chicago police asked for taser in Laquan McDonald shootingUSA TODAY
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At least 11 killed after strong storms, tornadoes sweep through Southeast, Midwest
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At least 11 people were killed in three states across the South after a strong system of storms tore through just as final preparations for Christmas celebrations were under way. Unseasonably warm weather Wednesday helped spawn twisters from Arkansas ...
Death Toll Rises to 11 After Tornadoes, Storms Ravage SouthNBCNews.com
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Police: Fight Sparks North Carolina Mall Shooting; 1 Killed
ABC News
Authorities respond to the scene of a shooting at the Northlake Mall in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Reed)more +. 15 Shares. Email. A long-standing dispute sparked a shooting at a crowded North Carolina shopping mall on ...
Police kill teen gunman inside Northlake MallCharlotte Observer
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