Jerusalem patriarch slams Israeli occupation in Christmas mass
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Muslims and Christians united in the hope that the festive season will herald a new dawn after four years of violence, attending midnight mass in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ.
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Israeli archaeologists protest about Muslim excavations being dug at Jerusalem's holiest religious shrine.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel of occupation and racism on Monday at the start of a visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly meeting that has sparked protests and anger.
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Two churches in the West Bank were hit by firebombs early Saturday, witnesses and clergy said, and a group claiming responsiblity said the attacks were meant as a protest against comments by Pope Benedict XVI about Islam.
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Politics: 25 December 2004, Saturday. Bulgaria's Patriarch Maxim served Saturday morning a festive Christmas mass at the St Alexander Nevski Cathedral in capital Sofia, attended by Metropolitan Joseph of the ...
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The Archbishop of Westminster has told a midnight mass that more needs to be done to achieve Middle East peace.
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The Palestinian Authority condemned the Israeli operations against the Palestinians and called on the international community to pressure Israel.
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A Muslim Labour peer calls for an apology after Pope Benedict XVI's comments on holy war.
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A protester has attacked a controversial  waxwork nativity scene featuring England soccer captain David  Beckham as Joseph and his pop star wife "Posh Spice" Victoria  as the Virgin Mary.
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Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, has been turned into a large prison by the separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank, the top Roman Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land said yesterday.
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An influential and outspoken Israeli rabbi has said Israeli soldiers died in battle because they were not ritually observant Jews, sparking outrage in Israel.
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Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem over building work being done at disputed holy site.
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London - The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised conservatives in the Anglican church for using hostile words about homosexuals in the recent row over the ordination of gay bishops.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Thousands of pilgrims gathered in Bethlehem on Monday for a Christmas mass promoted by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Western powers as a chance to highlight the benefits of peacemaking.
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The UN humanitarian chief condemns Israel's heavy use of cluster bombs in the final days of the Lebanon conflict.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad criticized Israel on Friday for a major military operation in the West Bank, saying such intervention was ruining a Western-backed internal Palestinian security plan.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Thousands of pilgrims and  a new Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town  of Jesus's birth Saturday with prayers for peace after the  death of Yasser Arafat.