St Andrew's church in Jerusalem, told the general assembly of the church of Scotland bombings and shootings were now commonplace.
Chris Holme, The Herlad, May 24, 2001
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TOP STORIES \ May 24, 2001
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The high priest of the Samaritan community that is known to Christians through the Parable of the Good Samaritan, dies at age 79.
The Samaritans number only about 650 people today
AP Wednesday May 23 6:03 AM ET
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ISRAEL \ May 20, 2001 7622
Nazareth Village is an attempt to reconstruct life as it would have been lived in the tiny first-century hamlet of Nazareth.
By Allan Rabinowitz, the Jerusalem Post, May 17, 2001
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EGYPT \ May 18, 2001 5227
A culturally translated version of "Sesame Street" is shown in Egypt and now viewed regularly by 61% of Egyptian children under 8 years .It touches on sensitive issues like the tense relations between Coptic Christians and the Muslim majority.
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2001
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ISRAEL \ May 17, 2001 4191
Rev Mary McLauchlan told the board: "It cannot be good stewardship to invest all world mission finances in one set of buildings"
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TOP STORIES \ May 15, 2001 4401
Moslems loose patience waiting for goverment approval for disputed mosque construction, to be built near the church of Annunciation in Nazareth
Based on Jalal Bana, Haaretz, May 14, 2001
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SYRIA \ May 15, 2001 5515
Leader of the Greek Catholic Church confined to remark on the refusal of the Maronite patriarch Nasrullah Butrous Sfeir to visit Syria to welcome the Pope.
Syria, Religion, 5/15/2001
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LEBANON \ May 14, 2001 4667
The conference has recommended further changes to the law to remove the possibility of the perpetrators benefiting from carrying out 'honour killings', when men kill female relatives to redeem the family's name
BBC, From Kim Gattas in Beirut
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ISRAEL \ May 14, 2001 3879
A new encyclopedia on the Qumran scrolls provides an exciting treasure hunt into the ever-intriguing mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
By Moshe Dann, Jerusalem Post,14th May,2001
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