Pope appeals for world peace Pope Benedict on Tuesday said he hoped Christmas would bring consolation to those living in poverty, injustice and war, and appealed for just solutions to conflicts in Iraq, the Holy Land, Afghanistan and Africa.
Sarko takes new love to Egypt French President Nicolas Sarkozy was flying to the Egyptian city of Luxor on Tuesday aboard a private jet accompanied by his new love, ex-supermodel Carla Bruni, to spend Christmas on the banks of the Nile.
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Pope Benedict XVI reads his urbi et orbi message (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of Saint Peter's Square
at the Vatican on Christmas day on Tuesday. Reuters
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