[21.40 GMT]: Message from Maxine Nash, one of Jim Loney's co-workers in Iraq. Courtesy of David Helwig (SooToday); Toronto prayer service to be held for hostages (CTV.ca); Profile in Courage: Peace activist blazes a Christmas story. By John Railey about Tom Fox (Winston-Salem Journal, NC); Violence Shatters Iraq Post-Election Calm. By Qassim Abdul-Zahra (AP, Kansan).