IRAQ-CHRISTMAS-CHRISTIANS

Iraqis attend Christmas morning mass at the Chaldean Mariam Al-Azara church in the central Baghdad Karrada neighbourhood, 25 December 2006. Baghdad's large but dwindling Christian community has thus far not been a target for the rival Sunni and Shiite death squads whose attacks have pushed Iraq to the brink of all-out sectarian war. AFP PHOTO / ALI AL-SAADI