Church of Nativity deal would end 38-day standoff

Friday, May 10, 2002

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- The 5 1/2-week standoff at the Church of the Nativity neared an end early today with a complex deal to scatter 13 Palestinian militants among up to eight countries. Bethlehem's police chief said the Palestinians were to begin leaving the church around daybreak.

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