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• Obama marks Christmas with gifts, carols, church (AP)
• Nigerian blasts mar pope's Christmas peace appeal (AP)
• Pope Christmas peace appeal marred by Nigeria blasts (Reuters)
• Islamists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs (Reuters)
• Girl's plight deepens Israel debate on zealot Jews (Reuters)
• Pope urges end to Syria bloodshed, peace worldwide (AP)
• A Christian on Hitchens' Atheism and Lowe's Muslim Problem (Time.com)
• Pakistan information minister withdraws resignation (Reuters)
• German Court Rules Muslim Student Disturbed the Peace by Praying (Time.com)
• As Christmas arrives, crisis for Mideast Christians (The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama marks Christmas with gifts, carols, church (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 03:16 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama exchanged gifts with his family, sang carols and attended church services as he celebrated Christmas in Hawaii.

Nigerian blasts mar pope's Christmas peace appeal (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 12:54 PM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI issued pleas for peace to reign across the world during his traditional Christmas address Sunday, a call marred by Muslim extremists who bombed a Catholic church in Nigeria, striking after worshippers celebrated Mass.

Pope Christmas peace appeal marred by Nigeria blasts (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 08:14 AM PST Reuters - Pope Benedict called for an end to violence in Syria on Sunday but his Christmas day peace appeal was marred by a bomb at a Catholic Church in Nigeria which the Vatican condemned as blind "terrorist violence."

Islamists kill dozens in Nigeria Christmas bombs (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 02:44 PM PST Reuters - Islamist militants set off bombs across Nigeria on Christmas Day - three targeting churches including one that killed at least 27 people - raising fears that they are trying to ignite sectarian civil war.

Girl's plight deepens Israel debate on zealot Jews (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 05:03 AM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up pledges to curb Jewish zealotry in Israel on Sunday after an 8-year-old girl complained of being menaced by ultra-Orthodox men who deemed her dress immodest.

Pope urges end to Syria bloodshed, peace worldwide (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 04:38 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the bloodshed in Syria and the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in his Christmas message Sunday, an appeal for peace that was challenged by deadly attacks on Nigerian churches.

A Christian on Hitchens' Atheism and Lowe's Muslim Problem (Time.com) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 03:25 AM PST Time.com - A believer discusses bigotry among so-called Christians and fundamentalism among the so-called atheists

Pakistan information minister withdraws resignation (Reuters) Posted: 25 Dec 2011 02:10 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan's information minister withdrew her resignation on Sunday, hours after she offered to quit amid tensions between the civilian government and the country's powerful military over a memo alleging an army plot to seize power in May.

German Court Rules Muslim Student Disturbed the Peace by Praying (Time.com) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 11:00 PM PST Time.com - The Federal Administrative Court in Germany has ruled against an 18-year-old Muslim student, ending his long legal fight for permission to pray openly at school

As Christmas arrives, crisis for Mideast Christians (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Dec 2011 06:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - This fall, a group of Iraqi-American Christians ramped up pressure on the Obama administration, warning that their ancient community in Iraq â€" already hobbled by eight years of war â€" could be pushed over the brink entirely after US forces withdraw by year's end.

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