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A traveller holding a toy lion talks to a police officer while standing in the queue at St. Pancras station in central London on December 23, as he attempts to catch one of the last Eurostar trains before Christmas.

Officials rap Eurostar, Eurotunnel over Channel shutdown

AFP - Friday, December 25

LONDON (AFP) - - Eurostar and Eurotunnel, the operators of rail services through the Channel Tunnel, did not provide enough information to travellers during this week's service shutdown, officials said Thursday. Full Story »

Bethlehem fetes Christmas in the shadow of a wall

AFP - Friday, December 25
A Palestinian man stands beneath a Christmas decoration in the biblical West Bank city of Bethlehem. Thousands of Christian pilgrims descended on the little town of Bethlehem to celebrate in Jesus's traditional birthplace what locals said was a Christmas of mixed blessings.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AFP) - - Thousands of Christian pilgrims descended on the town of Bethlehem on Thursday to celebrate in Jesus's traditional birthplace what locals said was a Christmas of mixed blessings.

US jobless claims dip to 15-month low

AFP - Friday, December 25
Unemployed talk with a prospective employer at a job fair organised by the Opportunities Industrialization Centers in Los Angeles on December 4. New US claims for jobless benefits dropped to the lowest level since September 2008, government data showed, in a fresh sign of optimism for a weak labor market.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - New US claims for jobless benefits dropped to the lowest level since September 2008, government data showed, in a fresh sign of optimism for a weak labor market.

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