Obama Praying for Persecuted Christians, DHS Preparing for Mass Deportations, ISIS Recruiting in Somalia: A.M. Links

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  A spring-like storm in the Southeast killed at least seven people and spawned more than a dozen tornadoes.

• President Obama said this Christmas he and his wife were praying for Christians being persecuted in the Middle East.
• The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to execute raids and mass deportations next year.
• The U.S. embassy in China warned Americans living in Beijing of a possible Christmas-time terrorist attack.
• ISIS is looking for recruits in Somalia.
• A fire in a hospital in Saudi Arabia killed at least 30 and injured more than a hundred.

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