(AP/Newsday) Nasser Shiyoukhi - About 30,000 pilgrims converged on Bethlehem on Sunday for Christmas celebrations, about twice as many as last year. For the first time in six years, restaurants were crowded, souvenir sales were brisk, and hotels were full of tourists. More than 1,000 people attended a special service for Filipino worshippers, many of whom work in Israel as health aides.
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