An Israeli soldier scrutinize the street leading to the entrance of the
Nativity church May 5, 2002. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are
trying to hammer out an agreement to end the 34-day-old stand-off at
Bethlehem's besieged Church of the Nativity in which seven people
inside have been killed by Israeli gunfire and several were wounded.
REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

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