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A good day and season’s greetings to you from the CNN Center in Atlanta,I’m Cory Kessler. Here’s a look at what’s happening Now In The News.
Pope Benedict urged the world's leaders to seek courage and wisdom in working to end conflicts in Darfur,Iraq and other global hot spots.
Today marks the 5th Christmas in Iraq for thousands of US troops.They celebrated the holiday with a special Christmas meal and St. Nick himself dropped in to deliver care packages and greetings from loved ones back home.
Old little town of Bethlehem filled today with thousands of holiday tourists.City leaders say they believe improved relations between Israel and Palestinians helped encourage more people to visit the Holy Land this Christmas. Bethlehem’s governor says nearly all the rooms in the city's two hotels were booked.
In New York City hundreds gathered for one final midnight Mass at Ground Zero. Every year since the 9/11 attacks, a Christmas midnight Mass has been held at the site of the World Trade Center. Beginning next year, construction will make it impossible.
The last-minute holiday shopping may have helped salvage the spending season. One industry analyst says sales from this passed Friday, Saturday and Sunday were up nearly 19 percent over last year. Shopper Track says a record 35 million people waited until the last few days to get their shopping done.
If you're still looking for a Christmas present, you'd better get on it. If you have cash to spare, we've got a great idea for you. How about giving someone an entire town? The Grove, Texas located about 80 miles north of Austin is for sale on EBay. That's right. The sales price is expected to go as high as a million bucks. Five buildings including a blacksmith shop and a half-acre of land are included in the deal.
Find out how much more on these stories and continuing coverage of the latest news we have, all you have to do, log on to CNN.com, tune in to CNN TV or use your cell phones on the go. Thanks for watching.
Words&Expressions Saint Nick:Saint Nicholas, also known as Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas (a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas) in the Netherlands and Flanders, is the common name for the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Lycia, (modern Turkey), and had a reputation for secret gift-giving. This is as much as is generally known about him in the West, where he is seen as the main inspiration for the character of Santa Claus. Among Orthodox Christians, he is remembered with more reverence and less frivolity.
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