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Usatoday – A rare bond in Bethlehem gets ancient church restored

By Michele Chabin. Three churches put tensions aside to work together to repair the Church of the Nativity. BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Two weeks before Christmas, one of the most powerful storms to hit the Middle East in a century dumped several inches of snow on the hills of Bethlehem. In addition to shuttering schools …