According to Pakistani government officials, the suicide bomber who killed more than forty people on Christmas Day was a woman dressed in a burqa. The jihadess exploded herself in front of a UN food distribution center, in a crowd that consisted mostly of women and children. Police are investigating the crime.In other news, after a meeting between the Portuguese finance minister and Chinese leaders in Beijing, the Portuguese ambassador to China says that the Chinese will help his country by buying more Portuguese debt. Meanwhile, Sweden is having the coldest December in 110 years.
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