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World marks X-mas amid war, conflicts and divergent beliefs
UNDATED. Dec 25 . Croats trimmed trees to the sound of artillery fire. Arabs kept their shops open tn Bethlehem and Santa was a big hit In Beijing as the world marked Christmas in the midst of civil war, poht teal conflict and divergent beliefs. reports AP.
At the Vatican. Pope John Paul If urged fellow Poles not to ovate their newly gained freedom. But shortages made ft hard to celebrate in countries that have recently cast off
In Uma. Peru, ft was a dark Chrtstmaa Eve for many Rebel dynamite attacks on two efee-tricai towers on Uma's out skirts left much of the capital
Christmas Day marked six months since Croatia declared Independence from Yugoslavia. Dense fog on Tuesday cut the danger of air raids by the Serbian-led military, and people in the traditionally Roman Catholic republic tried to for get the war for a few festive hours.
In the eastern Croatian vft lagr of Bresee, AJica and Zrlko Hoorvat draped tinsel on a tree In their front yard Tuesday to the thud of artillery fire from nearby Osljek
"Normally I spruce up the house for Christmas, but this year I did not bother What if a bomb hits it?* said Mrs Hoorvat, a 33 year old radiolo-glst Outside Ihe eastern city of
Nuslar. where Croat fighters clashed with troops of the Serb dominated army, a large tree downed by artillery fire was decorated with ornaments salvaged from destroyed hoHMS.
Soldiers prepared for Christinas Eve Mass in bomb shelters
Bethlehem, revered by Christians ss the place of Christ’s birth, was the moot festive since the Palestinian uprising began four years ago with the recent Arab-Israeli talks In Washington providing a flicker of hope for peace
Arab shop owners In the town opened for Christian pll grims despite a call by Palestinian militants to close
Manger Square, ordinarily a crowded parking lot. was cleared and choirs from around the world sang Christmas carols to crowds that opened umbrellas against an occaatonal drizzle
Palestinian Gabriel al-AH. playing with his 4-ycar-old daughter In the square, looked st the crowd and said "It Is jood Maybe It Is because people think peace Is coming"
Chinese jammed churches In Beijing. If not to celebrate the birth of Christ, then for the festive atmosphere
That’s what^l t hi nk people Christmas. * said a young woman, one of hundreds of people milling outside the
Natang Catholic Cathedral walling for a Maas to begin Tuesday night
For the first time, the cat bed. al had three Christmas Eve Masses, apparently to handle the growing turnout. More than 1.000 people jammed Into Ihe cathedral, spilling into the aisles while a constant stream of people came and went at the rear
Young curiosity-seekers whispered to each other: There's a priest." and *1 can t sec anything "
Just a block away from Tiananmen Square and Ito huge portrait of revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung, an equally large neon picture of Santa Claus with his reindeer
and toy-laden sleigh shone.
Beijing shops put up Christmas signs and decora Hons weeks ago. Big plastic Santa Clauses adorn the front doors of many larger stores.
In Vatican City, thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Basilica for midnight Mass by Pope John Paul II. A 25 meter-high (75-foot) Christmas tree and a nativity scene with life size figures decorated the vast St. Peter's Square In a tradition begun by the I’nlUh born pontiff
The Polish parliament on Monday voted in a new government after eight weeks of bickering over the speed of painful market oriented re-