Israel sends candies and Christmas greetings to Bethlehem ...
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank Israel is passing out candy as it allows people to freely travel into Bethlehem this Christmas Eve. Officials say they expect some five thousand people today and tomorrow to visit the town where Jesus was born.
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Christians in Bethlehem, considered to be Jesus&#39; birthplace, pleaded for help in a radio report Wednesday, September 29, as Israeli soldiers pounded alleged militant positions killing at least six Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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They arrived as they do every December: gaily wrapped gifts destined for children at a kindergarten in rural northern France.
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In the latest sign that Israeli-Palestinian relations are warming since the death of Yasser Arafat, Israel is allowing easier travel into Bethlehem this Christmas.
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MIDEAST:Residents hope lessening Israeli-Palestinian violence can help the town regain its tourist industry. BY LAURA KING. BETHLEHEM, West Bank - In this Christmas season of hopes and fears, the little town
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President Bush exchanged gifts with his family at Camp David yesterday, posed for photographs with Marines, and issued a Christmas day radio address urging Americans to care for the sick, the elderly and the poor.
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Israel is taking special steps to insure a merry Christmas in Bethlehem, an Israeli military official said Thursday, raising hopes for a gentler holiday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus after four years of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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Representatives from Israel&#39;s Tourism Ministry will distribute bags of sweets and special government Christmas cards to Christian pilgrims on their way to midnight mass, Friday night.
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MOUNT OF BEATITUDES, Israel  - Sending a symbolic message to Israeli and Palestinian leaders, U.S. President George W. Bush visited on Friday the site where Jesus is believed to have intoned "blessed are the peacemakers".
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In the new optimism of the Mideast, Bethlehem finds itself blessed with more visitors this year than at any time since the Palestinian offensive began in 2000 â-n fact, twice as many in 2004 than in 2003.
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Santa Claus presents Christmas gifts to young patients in a pediatrics ward at Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam, Seoul, Monday after flying into town from the northern Finnish hamlet of Rovaniemi.
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In some places, holiday givers are coming up with creative alternatives this season.
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Palestinians lit a four-story Christmas tree in this biblical town Saturday, kicking off a holiday season free of fighting with Israel that officials say will bring the most pilgrims since hostilities broke out seven years ago.
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Christians around the world have begun celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, with observances marking Christmas Eve. In Bethlehem, the town of Jesus&#39;s birth, Israel has relaxed travel restrictions
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NEW YORK The holiday season is an especially busy time for global travelers intent on delivering gifts to friends and relatives from faraway places.
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It is the High Holidays, the time of year when Jews are commanded to have second thoughts. Accordingly, in Israel, it is at this time of year that, in taking an honest look at themselves, their actions and
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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.