Religion Of Peace Update

Nigerian church bombed during Christmas services.

Some 10 people died and more were hurt in an attack at St Theresa's Church in Madalla near Nigeria's capital Abuja.

The Islamist group Boko Haram said it carried out the attack, which came amid deadly violence between Islamist gunmen and soldiers in northern Nigeria.

A second explosion shortly afterwards hit a church in the central city of Jos, killing at least one person.

Nearly 70 people have died in days of fighting between Nigerian forces and suspected Islamist gunmen in the country's north-east, but the BBC's Fidelis Mbah in Lagos says no trouble had been expected in the capital.

Boko Haram - whose name means "Western education is forbidden" - often targets security forces and state institutions.