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Massacre of the Innocents
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Massacre of the Innocents
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(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the slaughter of all the young male children of Bethlehem at Herod's command in an attempt to destroy Jesus (Matthew 2:16-18)
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But the anticipated slaughter of the innocents never materialised because the outsiders shrugged off the absence of their best players owing to a contract dispute and improved markedly on a midweek drubbing from Pakistan.
Johnson stars as Aussies overcome brave Windies by AFP / AFP Global Edition
This was murder, slaughter of the innocents and, even though somebody was brought to trial in the 1980s, he claimed he could not remember.
Village was wiped out; Your Say by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
In the meantime, the bombs and bullets continue to rain down as the slaughter of the innocents continues unabated.
IRISH DAILY Mirror COMMENT: Holding on to hope of peace by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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