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    USA Today
    Dec 28 2011


    Clerics clash in Bethlehem brawl at Jesus' birthplace


    By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY

    Up to 100 Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic priests and monks
    swinging brooms clashed inside the Church of Nativity today in
    Bethlehem in a frenzied turf battle, the Associated Press reports.


    Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian clerics share the
    administration of the church, whick oftens leads to jurisdictional
    disputes.

    The fighting broke out during cleaning of the West Bank church in
    preparation for Orthodox Christmas celebrations in early January, as
    each side jealously guards its territory.


    Palestinian police, using batons and shields, were called in to break
    up the fighting inside the basilica.

    "It was a trivial problem that ... occurs every year," police
    Lieutenant-Colonel Khaled al-Tamimi tells Reuters. "Everything is all
    right and things have returned to normal.

    He tells the news agency that there were no arrests "because all those
    involved were men of God."

    http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/12/clerics-clash-in-bethlehem-brawl-at-jesus-birthplace/1

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