A Sad New Carol: Go Ye From Bethlehem
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In the town where Christians believe Christ was born, the Christians are leaving. Four years of violence, an economic free fall and the Israeli separation barrier
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Pastor Patrick Wooden is encouraging Christians to only patronize stores that acknowledge the Christmas holiday. . RALEIGH, NC, Dec. 24, 2004 - At shopping malls and department stores across
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It's been a rough year for the baby Jesus in Italy. As Christmas was approaching, several schools in the northern Italian region of Veneto decided not to put up the traditional Nativity scene, or "presepio," so ...
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Thousands of pilgrims flocked to Bethlehem on Monday for a Christmas mass which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Western powers hope will highlight the benefits of peacemaking.
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Israel allowed free travel into Bethlehem on Christmas Eve and handed out candy to Palestinians and foreign pilgrims at roadblocks, the latest sign that Israeli-Palestinian relations have warmed since the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Israeli soldiers sent sweets and Christmas greetings to Palestinians in Bethlehem today, the latest sign that relations between the sides have warmed since the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Peace appeals are heard as Palestinian leaders join Christmas festivities in the town of Bethlehem.
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A Roman Catholic priest on Saturday led one of the first cheerful Christmas Day celebrations in Bethlehem in years, after fighting, military curfews and a general
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Comment is free: Karen Koning AbuZayd: Palestinian suffering has reached new depths. Peace cannot be built by reducing 1.5m people to a state of abject destitution
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Four UK church leaders are to make a pilgrimage to Bethlehem just before Christmas.
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Thousands of pilgrims and a new Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town of Jesus&#39;s birth yesterday with prayers for peace after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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An emerging thaw in Israeli-Palestinian relations helped draw several thousand pilgrims to the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Christmas Eve, but crowds were far smaller than during the mid-1990s.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Bethlehem souvenir store owner Mike Canawati is gearing up for his merriest Christmas in years.
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In Bethlehem, the town where Christians believe Christ was born, an estimated 3,000 Christians have moved abroad.
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'It'll be lonely, this Christmas, without you to hold...'
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Carol services banned, religious references carefully excised from cards: to read the press this year, you could be forgiven for thinking the politically correct brigade are set on taking the Christian out of Christmas.
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Hundreds of pilgrims and a new Palestinian leadership came to Bethlehem for Christmas as the town of Jesus's birth celebrated the festival with new hopes for peace following Yasser Arafat's death.