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Page last updated at 14:11 GMT, Sunday, 9 November 2008

Two arrested after church fight

Israeli police have arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb.

The clash broke out between Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Six Christian sects divide control of the ancient church. They regularly fight over turf and influence, and Israeli police occasionally intervene.

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