By MARK MACKINNON, Toronto Globe and Mail

Refugees in their own homeland

AMMAN, Jordan -- It's been a long time since anyone played an organized game of soccer at the stadium in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

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Bethlehem is a little easier to visit this year

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- A dove wearing a bulletproof vest is hardly a traditional Christmas image, but when the mysterious artist showed Maha Saca a sketch he wanted to do, she let him paint it on

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Palestinians delayed, humiliated at checkpoints

HAWARA CHECKPOINT, West Bank -- Under the supervision of an Israeli soldier clutching an M-16 assault rifle, Qassem Saleh begins his daily disrobing.

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