(The National) A Scottish mine clearance charity is to remove buried bombs from the site where Jesus was baptized in a “symbolic” act aimed at overcoming violence and intolerance. James Cowan, chief executive of the Halo Trust, has secured a deal to clear a 136-acre minefield that has blocked access to seven churches since the Six-Day War in 1967. Most ...
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