On Christmas Day as we celebrated the Light coming into the World, a group of European nurses who had been convicted and held prisoner in one Arab Country were rejoicing as they were promised a retrial and their death sentences were repealed. There had been concern amongst Western governments for some time that this case may be a miscarriage of justice.

* Pray for a fair and speedy resolution to this situation - believed to be the final hurdle to complete normalisation of political relations with the West.

* Remember also the victims and their families: that their ongoing
physical, emotional and spiritual needs may be met.