Israeli and Palestinian officials planned another round of talks in a bid to end a standoff at Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. Discussions Tuesday failed to produce an agreement to end the three-week standoff between Palestinian gunmen holed up inside the Church of the Nativity and Israeli troops outside.
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