1.   And there was a breakthrough in the Bethlehem church standoff.

2.   But the church standoff highlights a change in attitude among Palestinian Christians.

3.   The church standoff, now in its third week, has taken on the kind of emotional symbolism and deadly reality emblematic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

4.   A papal envoy, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, met Thursday with Israeli President Moshe Katsav to try to resolve the monthlong church standoff.

5.   Accord on church standoff appears near.

6.   At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II, said he was relieved at the end to the church standoff.

7.   Bethlehem Mayor Hanna Nasser said a round of negotiations on the church standoff, initially scheduled for Thursday, was canceled by Israel.

8.   High level talks to end church standoff.

9.   In Bethlehem, a resolution to the church standoff appeared distant again Thursday, just hours after a partial deal had been reached.

10.   In Bethlehem, a resolution to the church standoff appeared distant again Thursday, just hours after a partial deal had already been reached.