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APTOPIX MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS BETHLEHEM CHRISTMAS
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah, the top Catholic Clergyman in the Holy Land,left, blesses nuns as he arrives to lead the Christmas Mass in St. Catherine Church at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, early Monday, Dec. 25, 2006.photo by /AHMAD GHARABLI/FLASH90
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabah (C) and members of the clergy celebrate the Christmas mass in the Church of Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday 25 December 2006. The patriarch called on Israeli, Palestinian and international leaders to take steps toward peace and also implored Palestinian factions to stop fighting..photo by /AHMAD GHARABLI/FLASH90
A view of the Church of Nativity during the midnight Christmas mass in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday 25 December 2006. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabah, called on Israeli, Palestinian and international leaders to take steps toward peace and also implored Palestinian factions to stop fighting photo by /AHMAD GHARABLI/FLASH90
MIDEAST BETHLEHEM CHRISTMAS
epa00891339 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the midnight Christmas mass in the Church of Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Monday 25 December 2006. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabah called on Israeli, Palestinian and international leaders to take steps toward peace and also implored Palestinian factions to stop fighting.photo by /AHMAD GHARABLI/FLASH90
A Christian pilgrim lights a candle at the Grotto, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, at the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem, 25
December 2006. Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has indefinitely postponed a visit to Jordan that had been scheduled for tomorrow "to attend the Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem in accordance with the tradition set by the late Yasser Arafat.".photo by /AHMAD GHARABLI/FLASH90
Israel Security Minister Amir Peretz assists to the Security and Foreign Affairs Committy in the Knesset, on December Monday 25. 2006. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi / Flash90
Israel 's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attends a parliament session at the parliament in Jerusalem on December 25, 2006. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that he would like to renew peace talks with Syria, but insisted that Damascus first end its support for Hamas, Hezbollah and other militant groups. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi /Flash90
Young people celebrating in a bar in Sofia. Dec 25 2006 Bulgaria became a member of the EU. However, Bulgaria's legal and economic systems are still far from the EU's standards and therefore Bulgaria's moves to solve problems like organized crime, economic instability amd more are being strictly monitored by the European parliament. Bulgaria is expected to reach the economic goals that will allow it to change its currency from the Leva to the Euro by 2013. Photo by Ouria Tadmor/Flash90.