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October 20 - 26
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Palestinian mourners carry the coffin of Johnny Thaljieh, 19, a Palestinian Christian shot and killed in Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. He was apparently killed by a stray machine gun bullet. At the Vatican Sunday , Pope John Paul II expressed sorrow over the killing near the Church of Nativity, built on what is traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ. (Sunday, October 21, 2001)

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