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Times Online 'Hostages held' in US post officeBBC NewsFive people have been taken hostage in a post office in the US by a man in a wheelchair claiming to be carrying explosives, say reports. …Daylong hostage standoff at Va. town's post officeNewsday (subscription)Wytheville post office crisis: Wheelchair-bound gunman has fewer …

BBC News Stamp of approval for Santa's lettersProvidence JournalWhere it winds up is Santa's mailroom, which happens to be the main post office on Corliss Street in Providence. There, a handful of postal workers …Big Mailbox ready for Santa lettersPahrump Valley TimesSouthwest Florida's letters to SantaThe News-PressLetters to the North …

Special Stamps Mark Hosting of Club World CupKhaleej TimesABU DHABI – Emirates Post has issued special stamps to mark the hosting of the Fifa Club World Cup played recently in Abu Dhabi. …and more » More: continued here

BRITONS TO SPEND £1M A MINUTE IN SNOWY SHOPPING SPREEUK ExpressMeanwhile the Royal Mail said it was doing “everything possible” to ensure deliveries on time. It said the “severe weather” made certain roads impassable …and more » More: continued here

Feat in philately takes Bhilwara professor to GuinnessTimes of IndiaHis name will figure in the next edition of Guinness Book of World Records for the largest collection of stamps and other philatelic items issued in honour …and more » More: continued here

Times Online Dispute over free databases is latest sign of Brown-Mandelson riftTelegraph.co.ukIt is updated 1000 times a day by Royal Mail staff in Middlesbrough to keep up with changes to buildings, so that postmen can deliver letters and parcels to …The strain begins to show as Brown and Mandelson clash …

Recession means Post Office busier than usual this holiday seasonKOAM-TV"The recession – I guess you could say – has been good for the Post Office," says Sharon Clark, the Postmaster in Carl Junction, Missouri. … More: continued here

Authorities say as many as five people are being held hostage at a post office in a small town in Virginia. More: continued here

An armed disabled man took five people hostage in a Virginia post office Wednesday, the town’s mayor said. More: continued here

A US man in a wheelchair claiming to be carrying explosives takes five people hostage in a post office in Virginia, say reports. More: continued here