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" Barcelona's Lionel Messi (C) drives the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid Arden Key Rush Jersey ,Spain, on Dec. 23, 2017. Barcelona beat Real Madrid by 3-0.
MADRID, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Although the season is less thanhalfway completed, FC Barcelona on Saturday put one hand on thetitle Brandon Parker Rush Jersey , while at the same time humiliating traditional rivals andreigning champions Real Madrid 3-0 in the Santiago BernabeuStadium.


The win leaves Barca 14 points ahead of Real Madrid in the LigaSantander table and puts them nine points clear of second placeAtletico Madrid after just 17 of the 38-match season.


The game kicked off at 13.00 hours local time: prime time in theMiddle East and Asia, but early for Spain and for the first 45minutes, it was Real Madrid who were on top.


Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane surprised with a conservative teamselection which saw Mateo Kovacic drafted into a four-man midfieldwith the task of covering Leo Messi.


In the first half, Zidane's strategy worked as Madrid pressuredBarca and the Catalan side looked to play the ball out of defense,but the plan fell apart in the 54th minute after Ivan Rakitic fedSergi Roberto Mario Edwards Jr Rush Jersey , whose low cross was swept into the Madrid net byLuis Suarez for his 10th goal of the campaign.


Barca were suddenly running rampant and the game was over as acontest in the 64th minute when Madrid defender Dani Carvajalhandled a goal-bound shot in the Madrid penalty area.


Carvajal was sent off for his action and Messi stepped up toslam the ball past Keylor Navas in the Madrid goal.


With a player less on the pitch and 2-goals down, Madrid fellapart and had it not been for several fine saves from the Madridkeeper the score would have been even more humiliating for the homeside.


As it was there was still time for a third Barca goal, which wasslid home by Aleix Vidal following a Messi pass deep in injurytime. The goal was the icing on the (Christmas) cake for Barca, butfor Madrid fans only served to hammer home that for this season atleast, their title hopes look to be over. Enditem

" " Afghan security personnel keep watch near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on Monday. Photo: AFP

A suicide bomber killed six civilians in an attack near an Afghan intelligence agency compound in Kabul Monday in the latest assault claimed by the Islamic State group in the capital.


The attacker struck as workers were arriving at the offices of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Karl Joseph Rush Jersey , a week after militants stormed an NDS training center in Kabul.


Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP six civilians in a car were killed when the attacker blew himself up.


""Six people were martyred and three others were wounded,"" Danish said.


""They were hit when they were passing the area in their Toyota sedan vehicle. We still do not know the target of the attack but it happened on the main road.""


The health ministry confirmed the death toll but put the number of wounded at one.


An AFP reporter at the blast site said the attack happened outside the main entrance to an NDS compound. Security forces have swarmed into the area, closing off the main road leading to the building.


Ambulances were seen leaving the scene, apparently taking casualties to hospitals in the city.


""Our initial information shows a blast took place near an intelligence headquarters in Shash Darak neighbourhood of Kabul,"" deputy interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi told AFP.


The Islamic State claimed the attack in a statement via their Amaq propaganda arm. It was the latest claimed assault by the Middle Eastern jihadist group in Kabul David Sharpe Rush Jersey , which in recent months has become one of the deadliest places in the war-torn country for civilians.


Security in the city has been ramped up since May 31 when a massive truck bomb ripped through the diplomatic quarter, killing some 150 people and wounding around 400 others - mostly civilians.


IS has expanded its presence in Afghanistan since it first appeared in the region in 2015.


(Agencies)

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