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Chinese Hit Back Against a Foreign Intrusion: Christmas
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Shoppers pose for selfies near Christmas themed decorations at a shopping mall in Beijing on Thursday. (Associated Press). submit to reddit; inShare; Add to Flipboard Magazine. email. Beijing: There may be no exact translation for "humbug" in Chinese, but ...

China Voice: No need to poop China's Christmas party   Xinhua
Xinhua Voice: No need to poop China's Christmas party   ecns
Chinese city, university ban Christmas celebrations   Times of India
The Independent
Economic Times
Wall Street Journal (blog)
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Haiti leader names Evans Paul as new prime minister
Zee News
Port-au-Price: Haitian President Michel Martelly on Thursday named veteran politician Evans Paul prime minister to lead a new government, as he seeks to defuse a crisis over long-delayed elections. The announcement followed the resignation of Laurent ...

Haiti president nominates new prime minister amid political stalemate   Montreal Gazette

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Pro-democracy protesters return to Hong Kong streets for second night, 37 ...
The Globe and Mail
Hong Kong police say they have arrested 37 people as pro-democracy protesters return to the city's streets for a second night in a row. The police said in a statement Thursday that protesters blocked five roads overnight in the Mong Kok neighbourhood and ...

Armoured van spills $2.4 million on Hong Kong highway sparking cash grab   Sydney Morning Herald
2014 protests: From Ferguson to Hong Kong, impact unclear   USA TODAY
Hong Kong police arrest 2 for grabbing cash that spilled out of armoured van ...   The Straits Times
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Wall Street Journal
BBC News
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Sri Lanka train guard mourns tsunami dead 10 years on
Zee News
Colombo: Wanigaratne Karunatilleke knew nothing about tsunamis before a wave of water slammed into his train on the Sri Lankan coast a decade ago, killing more than a thousand people. With a little more knowledge, the 58-year-old train guard now ...

Today marks the 10th commemoration of the tsunami disaster   SLBC
Recalling the tsunami's toll on Sri Lanka.   Herald Scotland
Minister recalls tsunami disaster   Newmarket Journal

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For Sri Lankan President, Renounced by Aides, Confidence of Re-election Dims
New York Times
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In the days after Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan president, was betrayed by a group of his longtime aides, comparisons were made to Judas Iscariot and the serpent in the Garden of Eden, but nothing expressed the depth of the ...

Rajapaksa's double face exposed: DMK chief   The Hindu
Sri Lanka gears up for tight election race   CNBC
Sangakkara denies Rajapaksa sought his help   Firstpost
Zee News
Press Trust of India
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Queen's Christmas message pays poppy and Ebola tribute
BBC News
The Queen's Christmas Day message will highlight the ceramic poppy tribute to World War One casualties and people dealing with the Ebola disease. The hugely popular poppy installation at the Tower of London was "a reminder of the grief of loved ones left ...

British Queen emphasizes "reconciliation" in Christmas message   Xinhua
Courage of Ebola workers is praised in Queen's speech   Irish Independent
Queen's urges reconciliation in annual Christmas message   Sydney Morning Herald
Daily Mail
ABC Online
Scotsman
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Francis, in Christmas Day Message, Focuses on Children in Peril
New York Times
Pope Francis used a traditional Christmas address on Thursday to emphasize the plight of children in areas of conflict, pointing out their “impotent silence” that “cries out under the spade of many Herods,” a reference to the ancient king who slaughtered all the ...

Postcard from... The Vatican   The Independent
Pope Francis Singles Out Iraq and Syria in Christmas Prayer for Peace   TIME
Pope condemns 'brutal persecution' by militants in Christmas address   The Globe and Mail
Mirror.co.uk
CNN
Sin Chew Jit Poh
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Khartoum expels senior UN figures
Telegraph.co.uk
Sudan has ordered two senior United Nations officials to leave, a UN spokesman said on Thursday, after a recent escalation in tensions between Khartoum and the peacekeeping mission in Darfur. The UN resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator, ...

UN Set to Cut Force in Darfur as Fighting Rises   New York Times
UN chief condemns UN officials' expulsion by Sudan   Business Standard
Senior UN officials expelled from Sudan   Deutsche Welle
The Globe and Mail
Sudan Tribune
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Is there no end to this circus?
The News International
So this much is clear even to the congenitally unaware that but for the killing of schoolchildren in Peshawar what we call the national leadership would have remained unmoved. Hitherto, their eyes were firmly shut to the terror stalking the land. Nothing could ...

World's faithful must join together   U-T San Diego
UN chief phones Sharif   DAWN.com
My religion is Pakistan   Daily Times
Rising Kashmir
The Express Tribune
WYPR
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Turkish schoolboy arrested for "insulting" President Erdogan
Telegraph.co.uk
Turkish police have arrested a 16-year-old high school student in the city of Konya on charges of insulting President Tayyip Erdogan, local media reported on Thursday. The teenager's lawyers have appealed against the prosecution, which came after he read ...

Turkey: Boy Accused of Insulting President Is Arrested   New York Times
Arresting of 16-year-old teen gets strong reaction in Turkey   BGN NEWS
High school student arrested for 'insulting' Turkish president Recep Tayyip ...   ABC Online
Daily Times
BBC News
Jerusalem Post
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