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powers seek to hold Syria peace congress in late January</a></h2> <div class="byline" style="margin-bottom: 10px">By AFP</div> <div class="abstract"> Astana - Major powerbrokers agreed Friday to hold a peace congress for Syria in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi in late January after previous attempts to hold the conference collapsed.</div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table class="ap" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" class="preview-row "> <td id="apis-353951" class="img" width="40%"><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/this-christmas-raqa-s-churches-demined-but-deserted/article/510637"></a></td> <td class="text"><div class="artdet"> <h2><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/this-christmas-raqa-s-churches-demined-but-deserted/article/510637">This Christmas, Raqa's churches demined but deserted</a></h2> <div class="byline" style="margin-bottom: 10px">By AFP</div> <div class="abstract"> Ak - Two historic churches in Syria's Raqa will be declared free of explosives just in time for Christmas, but the devastation in the city has left no one to celebrate in them.</div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table class="ap" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" class="preview-row "> <td id="apis-353947" class="img" width="40%"><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/for-palestinian-christians-trump-is-christmas-killjoy/article/510633"></a></td> <td class="text"><div class="artdet"> <h2><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/for-palestinian-christians-trump-is-christmas-killjoy/article/510633">For Palestinian Christians, Trump is Christmas killjoy</a></h2> <div class="byline" style="margin-bottom: 10px">By AFP</div> <div class="abstract"> Bethlehem - US Vice President Mike Pence may have postponed his visit, but Palestinian Christians still say Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital is spoiling their Christmas.</div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table class="ap" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" class="preview-row "> <td id="apis-353934" class="img" width="40%"><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/australia-ends-air-strike-campaign-in-iraq-and-syria/article/510620"></a></td> <td class="text"><div class="artdet"> <h2><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/australia-ends-air-strike-campaign-in-iraq-and-syria/article/510620">Australia ends air strike campaign in Iraq and Syria</a></h2> <div class="byline" style="margin-bottom: 10px">By AFP</div> <div class="abstract"> Sydney - Australian warplanes will cease their air strike campaign in Iraq and Syria, it was announced Friday, with the country's six hornet jets heading home after a three-year mission.</div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table class="ap" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" 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On Thursday, he was among thousands commemorating the one-year anniversary of the army's recapture of the city.</div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table class="ap" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" class="preview-row "> <td id="apis-353910" class="img" width="40%"><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/un-votes-128-9-to-reject-us-decision-on-jerusalem/article/510598"></a></td> <td class="text"><div class="artdet"> <h2><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/un-votes-128-9-to-reject-us-decision-on-jerusalem/article/510598">UN votes 128-9 to reject US decision on Jerusalem</a></h2> <div class="byline" style="margin-bottom: 10px">By AFP</div> <div class="abstract"> New York - The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted by a decisive vote of 128 to nine, with 35 abstentions, a motion rejecting the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.</div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table class="ap" 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href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/israel-pm-rejects-jerusalem-vote-at-un-house-of-lies/article/510560">Israel PM rejects Jerusalem vote at UN 'house of lies'</a></h2> <div class="byline" style="margin-bottom: 10px">By AFP</div> <div class="abstract"> Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dubbed the United Nations a "house of lies" on Thursday, ahead of a General Assembly vote on a resolution rejecting US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.</div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table class="ap" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" class="preview-row "> <td id="apis-353871" class="img" width="40%"><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/suspected-cholera-cases-reach-one-million-in-yemen/article/510559"></a></td> <td class="text"><div class="artdet"> <h2><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/suspected-cholera-cases-reach-one-million-in-yemen/article/510559">Suspected cholera cases reach one million in Yemen</a></h2> <div class="byline" style="margin-bottom: 10px">By AFP</div> <div class="abstract"> Sanaa - The number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has reached one million, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday.</div> </div></td> </tr> </table> <table class="ap" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top" class="preview-row "> <td id="apis-353868" class="img" width="40%"><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/new-peace-talks-on-syria-begin-in-the-kazakh-capital/article/510556"></a></td> <td class="text"><div class="artdet"> <h2><a href="/web/20171223013245/http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/new-peace-talks-on-syria-begin-in-the-kazakh-capital/article/510556">New peace talks on Syria begin in the Kazakh 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