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Orthodox Christmas in Bethlehem Amid Sparse Crowd
Bethlehem marked Orthodox Christmas with minimal crowds and a single public tree as months of Israeli-Palestinian violence and blockades deter foreign visitors. Residents voiced bleak sentiment about the holiday. In other regions, OPEC discussed output cuts, NATO uranium concerns prompted health screenings, and Somalia reported a deadly ambush targeting parliament officials.
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