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South Korea lit a massive steel Christmas tree overlooking its armed border with the North on Tuesday, marking a pointed return to a tradition that Pyongyang has condemned as propaganda. Troops stood guard and a choir sang carols as the 30-metre-tall tree was lit for the first time in seven years. The provocative ceremony — which must receive government permission — was also a sign that President Lee Myung-bak’s administration is serious about countering the North’s aggression with measures of its own in the wake of an artillery attack that killed four South Koreans last month. – AP