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An Iraqi priest leads the Christmas Day mass at a cathedral in Kirkuk, about 255 kms north of Baghdad, during the Christmas Day mass on December 25, 2008. Around 800,000 Christians lived in Iraq at the time of the US-led invasion, but the number has since shrunk by around a third or more as members of the minority community have fled the country, according to Christian leaders. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM