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12/25/2009 6:21:26 AM

AP - The Vatican says it will review its security procedures after a woman involved in a 2008 security breach jumped a barrier in St. Peter's Basilica during Christmas Eve Mass and knocked down the pope.

12/25/2009 4:55:49 AM

AP - The Taliban released a video Friday showing a U.S. soldier who was captured more than five months ago in eastern Afghanistan.

12/25/2009 6:55:12 AM

AP - A fierce Christmas storm dumped more snow and ice across the nation's midsection Friday after stranding travelers as highways and airports closed and leaving many to celebrate the holiday just where they were.

12/25/2009 6:59:31 AM

AP - Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb has killed four Shiite Muslim pilgrims in the latest violence targeting Shiites during the observance of their religious holiday.

12/25/2009 6:15:28 AM

AP - A Chinese court sentenced a prominent dissident to 11 years on Friday — the longest term ever handed down for subversion charges, according to rights groups that say it signals the government will take an increasingly hard line against activists in the year ahead.

12/25/2009 5:48:01 AM

Reuters - The Afghan Taliban on Friday issued a new video tape of a U.S. soldier captured this summer, which was condemned by the U.S. military as propaganda, and the decision to release it on Christmas day as cruel.

12/25/2009 5:01:57 AM

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI looked in good form on Friday as he delivered his traditional Christmas message, urging tolerance for migrants, a day after falling during an assault at St Peter's Basilica.

12/25/2009 6:34:14 AM

AFP - A Beijing court on Friday sentenced leading dissident Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for subversion, prompting the United States to accuse China of persecuting its political opponents.

12/25/2009 6:42:00 AM

The Treasury Department said it has removed the $400 billion cap on the money it will provide to keep beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac afloat. Officials said the move is designed to eliminate any uncertainty among investors about the government's commitments.

12/25/2009 5:46:00 AM

The Taliban released a video Friday showing a U.S. soldier who was captured more than five months ago in eastern Afghanistan. Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl is the only known American serviceman in captivity. The U.S. airborne infantryman was taken by the Afghan Taliban in Paktika province on June 30.

12/25/2009 7:09:35 AM

The jailing for 11 years by China of one of its leading dissidents, Liu Xiaobo, is met with international condemnation.

12/25/2009 5:55:29 AM

The Taliban releases a video showing a US soldier Bowe Robert Bergdahl, captured in Afghanistan almost six months ago.

12/25/2009 7:21:17 AM

The Queen uses her Christmas speech to express her sadness at the death toll among UK troops in Afghanistan.

12/25/2009 5:47:35 AM

Children are being forced to grow up too fast in modern society, the Archbishop of Canterbury says in his Christmas sermon.

12/25/2009 7:35:47 AM

A convicted double rapist who absconded from the Pakistan High Commission in London in October is arrested.

12/25/2009 6:41:05 AM

The M1 motorway is closed near Nottingham following a crash involving several vehicles but there are no details of casualties.

12/25/2009 7:31:26 AM

A fierce Christmas storm dumped more snow and ice across the nation's midsection Friday after stranding travelers as highways ...

12/25/2009 5:13:27 AM

A controversial policy that put pregnant soldiers in war zones at risk of discipline will be rescinded under an order from the ...

12/25/2009 5:03:21 AM

The Taliban released a video Friday showing a U.S. soldier who was captured more than five months ago in easter n Afghanistan.

12/25/2009 4:45:18 AM

12/25/2009 4:33:56 AM

A bus carrying mostly Quechua farmers and merchants home for Christmas plunged 250 feet into a ravine in Peru's southern Andes ...

12/25/2009 3:38:02 AM

Pope Benedict XVI delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing Friday, looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine hours ...

12/25/2009 1:08:37 AM

Farm producers believe self-imposed rules are better than having outside organizations force them on the industry through referendums.

12/24/2009 10:35:35 PM

A tugboat put in service to help prevent another oil spill disaster in Prince William Sound ran aground on the same reef as the ...

12/24/2009 8:51:24 PM

President Obama has arrived in Hawaii for a holiday vacation in the state where he lived as a child.

12/24/2009 5:46:11 PM

Authorities have arrested a Southern California woman on suspicion of dumping her newborn daughter in a trash bin.

12/24/2009 4:35:03 PM

Yemen's military hit suspected al-Qaeda hideouts for the second time in a week, killing at least 30 militants in a remote area ...

12/24/2009 4:24:53 PM

Americans should take time to think about the less fortunate and the members of the military who are serving the country during ...

12/24/2009 4:42:53 PM

Police in Maryland were searching Christmas Eve for a missing 11-year-old girl last seen wearing fuzzy Christmas pajamas, and ...

12/24/2009 4:10:12 PM

Federal aviation authorities say they are seeking the maximum $11,000 fine against the man behind the balloon boy hoax on grounds ...

12/24/2009 1:14:06 PM

Thousands of pilgrims from around the world descended on the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Thursday, greeted by choruses, ...

12/24/2009 7:26:55 PM

A major winter storm that's sweeping the central U.S. is rapidly intensifying. Blizzard warnings are up for parts of Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota and Minnesota.

12/24/2009 5:02:24 PM

Nine-year-old Sean Goldman arrived at the U.S. Consulate in Brazil today for a reunion with his father David Goldman, ending a well-publicized international custody battle.