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Messages of peace going to Bethlehem

GENEVA (AP) - The World Council of Churches will help deliver Christmas messages and prayers of peace to the biblical birthplace of Jesus. The council, Christianity's largest ecumenical movement, said that messages e-mailed before the Jan. 7 Christmas celebrated by Orthodox Christians will be printed and handed out at schools and places of worship in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

The council said Tuesday that the messages are appreciated by people in Bethlehem who refuse to give up hope for peace between Palestinians and Israelis.

Feminists press EU for abortion rights

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - A Swedish feminist party will push for abortion to be ...

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