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Launching its annual A Dog is for Life, Not Just for Christmas campaign, the NCDL said its rehoming centres were already running out of places.
BBC: Christmas fear for puppies
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Mr Quinn's family, along with his solicitors and parish priest, had written to the prison governor to ask that he be released for a week from Saturday until December 27, not just for Christmas but also to attend the christening of his grand-daughter.
BBC: Sean Quinn Sr getting home for Christmas
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The country's biggest left-wing rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has not declared any truce for Christmas so far and correspondents say it is unlikely to do so.
BBC: Colombia rebels in Christmas truce