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Christmas peace hopes mix with world tragedies
From Bethlehem to NATO camps in Bosnia, Christians prayed for peace as a deadly fire in Luoyang killed up to 309. Christmas Eve church bombings in Indonesia wounded many, while Israeli Palestinian violence cast gloom over the Holy Land. Pope John Paul II urged unity and restraint amid refugee flows and Middle East strife. In Kosovo four Serbs were kidnapped and freed. in Istanbul Orthodox leaders met for the first time at a joint Christmas service.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
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