Silent Night.

[Robb]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGzt8d8jqHAzcDkmGT0AQsIFcp0A?docId=CNG.81282d483c9208446f7bbcd961623561.471">Christmas Eve church attacks, blasts kill 14 in Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria — a series of Christmas Eve church attacks and explosions have left at least 14 people dead in Nigeria as authorities worked Saturday to prevent a new wave of religious violence.

The situation was especially tense in the central city of Jos, where explosions on Friday evening left at least eight people dead. The region has been previously hit by sectarian unrest that has killed hundreds this year.....

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/209098/10-people-hurt-in-xmas-blast-inside-sulu-chapel">10 people hurt in Xmas blast inside Sulu chapel

The casualty toll in the Christmas Day explosion inside a Roman Catholic chapel in Jolo, Sulu climbed to ten late Saturday as investigators continued to trace the assailants responsible for the attack. Among the wounded was nine-year-old Anna Marie Girasul.

Senior Superintendent Agrimero Cruz, spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said three more wounded individuals were identified. They were newly ordained Catholic priest Rev. Ricky Bacoldol, Dr. Marian Lao, and Joshua Quibang, 16.......

http://www.dvb.no/news/mon-teenager-raped-beheaded/13506">Mon teenager raped, beheaded

MYANMAR — The bodies of two teenage women in Karen state’s battle-torn Wawlay region have been found, one of whom was beheaded.

They become the latest victims of grisly attacks in the volatile eastern state that last month saw six troops from the KNU/KNLA Peace Council hacked to death with machetes....

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/12/25/Bomber-targets-Pakistan-food-aid-center/UPI-11361293258094/
">Bomber targets Pakistan food aid center

A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan targeted refugees gathered outside a World Food Program office Saturday, killing more than 40, police said.

The blast occurred in Khar, the major city in the Bajaur Agency, a district bordering Afghanistan, The Nation reported. The newspaper put the death toll at 45 while Geo News gave it as 42.

Scores of people were injured by the explosion. Officials said most of those killed and hurt were civilians.......

[LARED]

1. Luk 21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. nt

[Robb]

2. .

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14735707,00.html">Merkel condemns attack that killed German aid worker in Afghanistan

German officials say a development worker was killed on Christmas Eve in northern Afghanistan when his vehicle was attacked. The aid worker, a consultant for Germany's state-owned KfW development bank, was taken to a hospital at a German army base where he died of his wounds.

There were three others in the car with the aid worker, whose Afghan colleague was also injured in the attack. Both men were involved in a project to build a road between the cities of Kunduz and Kholm.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on their website......

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Blessed are the peacemakers...

:cry:

[me b zola]

5. yes indeed

and the world should celebrate the peacemakers, not ridicule them.

Merry Christmas and best of the Holiday Season to you Peggy :hug:

[Robb]

4. .

http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2010/12/25/2-police-killed-3-others-injured">2 police killed, 3 others injured

MAZAR-I-SHARIF/ ZARANJ (PAN): Two policemen have been killed and three others injured in fighting with insurgents in northern Sar-i-Pul and southwestern Nimroz provinces, officials said on Saturday.

A policeman was killed and three others injured on Friday night when Taliban insurgents attacked a police checkpoint in Jarghan area of Kohistanat district of Sar-i-Pul, commander of security personnel coordination centre, Gen. Abdul Samand Zazai, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Taliban set fire to the checkpoint after a three-hour clash, he said.....

[Robb]

6. .

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hUVxX-tQw1O3mfw_U3mXWGPALBgA?docId=CNG.401c43843e387f618f8bb02245eaa5fc.3f1">Yemen soldier killed in bike-borne attack

ADEN, Yemen — A soldier who hired a motor-bike taxi in southern Yemen was shot dead by the driver in what is believed to be another ambush by Al-Qaeda militants in the restive region, an official said Saturday.

The killing took place in Zinjibar, capital of Abyan province, on Friday, the security official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. The soldier, he added, had hired the taxi to take him to his home in a suburb, where the driver shot him dead.

In the past six months, 28 suicide attacks by bike-borne militants have killed 15 officials in Abyan alone, the southern province that has become an Al-Qaeda bastion. Security officials say the Islamists have carried out similar attacks in other provinces....

[Robb]

7. .

http://www.zeenews.com/news676562.html">Two policemen killed in Quetta blast

At least two policemen were killed and several injured when a security vehicle was targeted with a remote controlled bomb in southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday.

The bomb was planted in a bi-cycle parked on a roadside in Quetta, the capital of the restive Balochistan province, officials said.....

[Robb]

8. .

http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=172812">3 including 2 students injured in Peshawar school blast

PESHAWAR: A classroom was damaged and three including two students were injured as a result of blast on Friday at a school in Palosi Peshawar.

As per details, three people were injured including a teacher and two children in a blast in New Modern Colligate School. Explosive material was installed on the outside wall of the School. Injured people have been shifted to hospital.

Eyewitness school children said that blast occurred at the time when school was off......

[Mira]

9. Not so silent a night, is it? This is an important reminder

about the huge world and the complexities, and suffering, and injustices.

It brought this thread back to mind that gave us a rounded view of the photos of 2010

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=280x82957

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