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Yorgo Diagurisi, a four-year-old Greek Orthodox boy, eats bread during a Christmas mass at the Greek Orthodox patriarchal cathedral of St. George in Istanbul December 25, 2010. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

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Yorgo Diagurisi, a four-year-old Greek Orthodox boy, eats bread during a Christmas mass at the Greek Orthodox patriarchal cathedral of St. George in Istanbul December 25, 2010. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

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