Britain's Prince Philip misses Christmas Day church service

Britain's Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband, missed a traditional Christmas Day church service on Tuesday, though a royal source said that the 97-year old was in good health and just wanted to spend the day in private.

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See differences as asset, not danger, pope says in Christmas message

Pope Francis, in his Christmas message to the world, urged people on Tuesday to see differences as a source of richness instead of danger and called for reconciliation in places torn apart by conflict.

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Britain's Prince Philip not expected at Christmas Day church service

Britain's Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband, is not expected to attend a traditional Christmas Day church service on Tuesday though he is in perfectly good health, a royal source said.

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Crisis of faith: Tibetan Catholics face modernity in China village

Ruanna, a 77-year-old Tibetan woman living in a remote Chinese village overlooking the Mekong river, says her Catholic faith has never been in doubt.

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Delhi residents spend Christmas indoors as smog emergency reaches fourth day

Many Delhi residents were forced to spend Christmas indoors this year as air quality remained at "severe to emergency" levels for a fourth day, in the Indian capital's worst smog crisis this year.

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Three dead in suicide attack on Libyan foreign ministry

At least three people were killed when suicide bombers attacked Libya's foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, the health ministry said, with a security source saying the assailants were suspected to be Islamic State militants.

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Turkey's Erdogan, Russia's Putin to meet over U.S. pullout from Syria, Erdogan says

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on Tuesday that he will most probably meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss U.S. withdrawal from Syria.

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Russia's Putin has no immediate plan to meet Turkey's Erdogan: Kremlin

Russia's President Vladimir Putin does not have immediate plans to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

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Two dead, 11 wounded in car bomb in northern Iraqi city Tal Afar

At least two people were killed and 11 wounded by a car bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar on Tuesday, the military said in a statement.

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5 killed, 21 injured in bus hijacking in China's Fujian province

At least five people were killed and 21 others injured after a man carrying a knife hijacked a bus in the southeastern Chinese city of Longyan in Fujian province on Tuesday, police said.

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Rouhani presents Iran budget, says U.S. sanctions to hit lives, growth

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday presented a $47 billion state budget, about a third of it consisting of subsidies for low income groups, saying U.S. sanctions would affect people's lives and economic growth but not bring the government to its knees.

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Easy Netanyahu win predicted in first poll since Israel election set

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will easily win a snap election set for April 9, according to an opinion poll on Tuesday, the first to be published since the ballot was announced.

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Indonesian rescuers use drones, sniffer dogs as tsunami death toll tops 400

Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people, warning more victims are expected to be uncovered as the search expands.

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