BARS. VS OF A DETENTION CENTER. LS OF THE DETAINEES MILLING ABOUT. MS RAZOR WIRE STRAPPED ON FENCE. CI: BUILDINGS: PRISONS, EL PASO, TEX.

Item title reads - Now Pathetone is taking you along to interview that famous star of melodrama Tod Slaughter at home. <br/> <br/>Location unknown. <br/> <br/>M/S of Tod Slaughter playing Sweeney Todd putting an edge on his razor and looking at the knife, pistol and noose he has in his shop. M/S as Pathe journalist approaches door, sign outside says 'Sweeney Tod Slaughter'. He rings the bell and manages to pull the cord out. M/S as Tod comes out, lifts him up by the waist and carries him inside. <br/> <br/>M/S of the two of them inside, the journalist explains he has come to interview him, but Tod straps him in Sweeney Todd's chair and starts putting shaving foam on his chin. He asks him what he does in his spare time and he says he evolves new methods of murder. Blood drips down on the journalist's head, and Tod explains that the ceiling leaks. C/U of Tod's face looking sinister and menacing, he rings a bell and a girl in skimpy costume and stockings comes out with a drink. Journalist admires her legs so Tod follows her, there is a scream, and he returns with a false leg. M/S as he gives the journalist a cigar which explodes when he lights it. He is left sitting on the floor with the noose around his neck.

"BARBERSHOP BOOGIE". CU MUSICIAN MAKING MUSIC FROM BARBER SHOP INSTRUMENTS: SLAPPING RAZOR ON STRAP OF CHAIR. BEATING OUT RHYTHM. WADE WALTON

A survey of the state's homeless reveals the dilemma may be growing... especially among families and the elderly.

MISC. NEWSREEL #8

Kenya, Africa. <br/> <br/>Various shots of some women from the Kikuyu tribe at work, grinding corn in a stone bowl with large wooden sticks. One of the women has a baby strapped to her back; other women are seen walking about the village and preparing food near a fire. <br/> <br/>Some women sit on a low bench while one of them has her head shaved with a razor blade by another female; commentator says "The smart hair do for a girl in these parts is the Yul Brynner". These women wear hundreds of hoop earrings through their stretched earlobes; one of them checks her appearance in a small mirror. <br/> <br/>Various shots of coffee beans being harvested; the women pick them from bushes then carry boxes of beans on their heads to be loaded on a truck. The beans are dried in the sun; a European man is seen giving advice to an African man, then tasting a bean. <br/> <br/>Several shots of Kikuyu tribesmen herding cattle (goats and cows); one of the men walks along with an umbrella to shield him from the sun. The cows are moved along a narrow pen to be dipped as a European man makes notes. Nice M/S of a group of cows with huge horns in a field. <br/> <br/>Various shots of young African boys and girls playing in a river while the older tribesmen and women watch. All wear several necklaces round their necks and the women have many hoops in their ears; one woman seems to have a curved ivory tusk through her chin. <br/> <br/>The rather patronising commentary tells of Europeans helping the Africans to stand on their own feet. <br/> <br/>Cuts exist - see separate record.

SWASHBUCKLING ZORRO ADVENTURE. STARRING: DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE, NOAH BERRY, ROBERT MCKIM, GEORGE PERIOLAT. WIELDING HIS RAZOR-SHARP RAPIER AGAINST FORCES OF GREED & CORRUPTION. COSTUME THRILLER ABOUT DON DIEGO VEGA, A COMICALLY EFFETE YOUNG NOBLEMAN WITH A TASTE FOR TASSELED SOMBREROS & JUVENILE SILK-HANKY MAGIC TRICKS. BUT WHEN DANGER CALLS, DIEGO SWATHES HIMSELF IN BLACK, STRAPS ON A WELL-HONED SWORD & STORMS THE COUNTRYSIDE AS THE MYSTERIOUS ZORRO, SLICING HIS INITIAL INTO THE FACES OF THE "SENTINELS OF OPPRESSION", PAUSING ONLY TO BOLDLY ROMANCE THE WOMAN TO WHOM HIS SHY ALTER-EGO CAN HARDLY SUMMON THE COURAGE TO SPEAK. GRACEFUL AGILITY, WHOLESOME CHARM. DURING THE CLIMAX, ZORRO LEADS GOVERNOR ALVARADO'S MEN ON A CHASE ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS, HAYSTACKS, PRISON, HOMES, & CHURCH OF A PICTURESQUE OLD CALIFORNIA VILLAGE. HISTORICAL THRILLER. JAILBREAK.

ICE CLIMBING IS BECOMING ONE OF THE HOTTEST WINTER SPORTS

4/21/73 C0034101 - COLOR BARRIO SAN PEDRO: FATHER OF SIX CHILDREN RE - ENACTED THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS FRIDAY BY HAVING HIMSELF NAILED TO A 10 FOOT CROSS. LNC 42203 "PHILIPPINES CRUCIFIXION" SHOWS: MS MAN LAYING ON ROAD WAY: CU BLOCK OF RAZORS: MCU MAN'S BACK CUT: MS MAN WHIPS SELF: MS MEN WHIPPING THEMSELVES 4 SHOTS: PIRING UNDER CROSS: MS PIRING WALKING WITH CROSS 3 SHOTS: CU MAN WITH NAILS: CU MAN PAN PIRING: MS CROSS MOVED INTO POSITION: MS PIRING STRAPPED TO CROSS: CU PIRING'S FACE: CU NAILS INTO HANDS 2 SHOTS: MS CROWD TAKING PHOTOS: MS PIRING CARRIED AWAY: GV CROWD AND CROSS: (SHOT 4/20/73 64FT) PIRING, JUANITO STUNTS BLOOD LETTING HOLYDAYS - GOOD FRIDAY PHILIPPINES - BARRIO SAN PEDRO RELIGION - PHILIPPINES UPITN / 64 FT / 16 COLOR / PRINT / R45869

FTG FOR CS ON OLDEST LICENSED BARBER IN TEXAS. 00:01:58 MS OF 91 YEAR OLD BARBER E.R. BIRD HARRIS AT WORK. 00:02:06 CU OF HARRIS. 00:02:09 MS OF 76 YEAR OLD CUSTOMER SITTING IN HARRIS'S BARBER SHOP AS HE HAS FOR PAST 72 YEARS. 00:02:19 WS OF ROAD. 00:02:21 SHOT PANS TO TIGHT SHOT OF ROAD SIGN READING RENO CITY LIMIT / POP 1174. CORRESPONDENT CHARLES MURPHY VO. 00:02:22 BACK SHOT OF CUSTOMER ENTERING BIRD'S BARBER SHOP. 00:02:27 INTV W/ MAN IN CHAIR IN SHOP AS HE SAYS HE COMES TO BIRD'S EVERY 2-3 DAYS TO CATCH UP ON NEWS. 00:02:30 TIGHT SHOT OF BIRD USING SHAVING MUG AS HE SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF RUSHING HIMSELF. 00:02:34 CU OF CUSTOMER WHO SAYS JAPAN OWNS NEARLY HALF OF US NATIONAL DEBT. 00:02:47 TIGHT SHOT OF BIRD CUTTING CUSTOMER'S HAIR. 00:02:50 TIGHT SHOT OF MAN IN OVERHAULS HANDING BIRD THREE DOLLARS FOR HAIRCUT. 00:02:53 TIGHT SHOT OF BIRD USING STRAP TO SHARPEN RAZOR. 00:02:56 INTV W/ BIRD WHO SAYS HE SUPPLEMENTED HIS INCOME OVER THE YEARS THROUGH SALE OF WATERMELONS. 00:03:01 TIGHT SHOT OF BIRD USING CANISTER TO FILL SHAVING MUG W/ HOT WATER. 00:03:12 VS OF BIRD CUTTING HAIR. 00:03:20 MS OF BIRD WHO SAYS HE DOESN'T GET MANY COMPLAINTS BECAUSE HE CHARGES PEOPLE ONLY THREE DOLLARS. 00:03:24 MURPHY SU. 00:03:41 BIRD SAYS WHEN A CUSTOMER COMPLAINED OVER THE RISE IN PRICE OF HAIRCUT FROM TWO TO THREE DOLLARS HE TOLD CUSTOMER HE JUST MARRIED. 00:04:04 MS OF BIRD AS CUSTOMER HANDS HIM THREE DOLLARS. MURPHY VO. 00:04:12 ABC NEWS SLATE. REPEAT FTG.

US to resume death penalty for first time since 2003 and schedules five executions; USA: Washington: EXT Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy (Anti-death penalty campaigner) interview SOT INT Kirk Bloodsworth (Former death ro inmate) 2 WAY interview via internet SOT Indiana: Terre Haute: EXT GVs United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute Terre Haute prison entrance sign Unidentified US Location: INT Gurney (stretcher or trolley) with restraining straps in prison execution room EXT Razor wire - barbed wire - atop prison perimeter fence PULL FOCUS to US flag flying in distance

NAME: IRQ BOMB 20060803I TAPE: EF06/0699 IN_TIME: 10:31:00:08 DURATION: 00:00:55:05 SOURCES: AGENCY POOL DATELINE: Baghdad, 3 Aug 2006 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of blast site, people gathering 2. Mid of people gathering 3. Bloodstain on the ground 4. People at blast site 5. Wide of destroyed motorcycle 6. Close up of a twisted wheel of motorcycle 7. Scattered peaches and pool of blood on the ground 8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Vox Pop: "A biker came and drove here into the middle of the vendors and labourers, as all the people were gathering at the scene." 9. Wide of blast site STORYLINE: A bomb strapped to a motorcycle exploded in the centre of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 29, police said. At least 13 other people were killed or found dead in various parts of the country. The attack near Rusafi Square in the Rashid Street shopping area apparently targeted fruit and vegetable vendors and commercial stalls, police said. Police said the bomb was hidden in a parked motorcycle. Several shops caught fire and many of the victims were seen being driven in private cars to hospitals as ambulances were obstructed by concrete road blocks and razor wires. The motorcycle was blown to bits, its front wheel assembly hurled several metres (feet) away. A mixture of oil and blood formed small pools on the ground, which was littered with peaches and other fruit. Cardboard boxes that had held the fruit were strewn everywhere. According to figures compiled from Iraqi security and health department figures, more than 1,000 civilians, 135 members of security forces and 143 insurgents were killed nationwide in July. In addition, 1,800 civilians were injured.

A barber sharpens her razor blade on a leather strap. (Core Number: LSF5848A)

Man shaving in hurry

FTG FOR CS ON OLDEST LICENSED BARBER IN TEXAS. 00:01:58 MS OF 91 YEAR OLD BARBER E.R. BIRD HARRIS AT WORK. 00:02:06 CU OF HARRIS. 00:02:09 MS OF 76 YEAR OLD CUSTOMER SITTING IN HARRIS'S BARBER SHOP AS HE HAS FOR PAST 72 YEARS. 00:02:19 WS OF ROAD. 00:02:21 SHOT PANS TO TIGHT SHOT OF ROAD SIGN READING RENO CITY LIMIT / POP 1174. CORRESPONDENT CHARLES MURPHY VO. 00:02:22 BACK SHOT OF CUSTOMER ENTERING BIRD'S BARBER SHOP. 00:02:27 INTV W/ MAN IN CHAIR IN SHOP AS HE SAYS HE COMES TO BIRD'S EVERY 2-3 DAYS TO CATCH UP ON NEWS. 00:02:30 TIGHT SHOT OF BIRD USING SHAVING MUG AS HE SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF RUSHING HIMSELF. 00:02:34 CU OF CUSTOMER WHO SAYS JAPAN OWNS NEARLY HALF OF US NATIONAL DEBT. 00:02:47 TIGHT SHOT OF BIRD CUTTING CUSTOMER'S HAIR. 00:02:50 TIGHT SHOT OF MAN IN OVERHAULS HANDING BIRD THREE DOLLARS FOR HAIRCUT. 00:02:53 TIGHT SHOT OF BIRD USING STRAP TO SHARPEN RAZOR. 00:02:56 INTV W/ BIRD WHO SAYS HE SUPPLEMENTED HIS INCOME OVER THE YEARS THROUGH SALE OF WATERMELONS. 00:03:01 TIGHT SHOT OF BIRD USING CANISTER TO FILL SHAVING MUG W/ HOT WATER. 00:03:12 VS OF BIRD CUTTING HAIR. 00:03:20 MS OF BIRD WHO SAYS HE DOESN'T GET MANY COMPLAINTS BECAUSE HE CHARGES PEOPLE ONLY THREE DOLLARS. 00:03:24 MURPHY SU. 00:03:41 BIRD SAYS WHEN A CUSTOMER COMPLAINED OVER THE RISE IN PRICE OF HAIRCUT FROM TWO TO THREE DOLLARS HE TOLD CUSTOMER HE JUST MARRIED. 00:04:04 MS OF BIRD AS CUSTOMER HANDS HIM THREE DOLLARS. MURPHY VO. 00:04:12 ABC NEWS SLATE. REPEAT FTG.

COVER FTG ON OLDEST LICENSED BARBER IN TEXAS 91 YEAR OLD E R BIRD HARRIS. 04:00:05 VS BIRD CONTINUING W/ HAIRCUT FOR ELDERLY MAN HOY WILLIAMS AS BOTH TALK W/ REPORTER. 04:02:39 THEY SPEAK ABOUT COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND THE CANDIDATES. 04:05:17 WILLIAMS TALKS ABOUT BEING ON DISABILITY AND HAVING BEEN A CARPENTER. 04:05:30 BIRD TELLS HOW HE GOT HIS NICKNAME OF BIRD. 04:06:43 BIRD AND WILLIAMS SPEAK ABOUT NATIONAL DEFICIT PROBLEM. 04:08:48 CU WILLIAMS' WALLET AS MONEY IS BEING TAKEN FROM IT TO PAY FOR HAIRCUT. 04:09:32 MS WILLIAMS SEEN IN MIRROR AS HE COMMENTS THAT IT'S A GOOD HAIRCUT. 04:10:27 BIRD SAYS HE WAS PAID BY ONE CUSTOMER W/ POTATOES. 04:13:32 MS BIRD RESTING IN BARBER CHAIR AND WILLIAMS IN CHAIR BY WALL AS INTV CONTINUES. 04:16:57 CU CLIPPING ON WALL W/ PICTURE OF FORD MODEL T CAR. 04:17:25 CU PILE OF MAGAZINES W/ ONE CATALOGUE FROM SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY FALL 1900. 04:17:51 CU ABACUS ON TOP OF BOX OF DOMINOES. 04:18:20 CU BRUSH STIRRING SHAVING LATHER IN MUG. 04:18:24 CU PROFILE BIRD MIXING THE LATHER. 04:18:27 CU BIRD ADDING HOT WATER TO MUG OF LATHER. 04:18:48 CU RAZOR BEING SHARPENED ON STRAP. 04:19:36 CU HAS WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER NEAR SQUARE FAN. 04:20:01 CU COMBS AND SCISSORS BEING LAID OUT BY BIRD. 04:21:06 CU BIRD'S WIFE. 04:21:23 CU BIRD'S WATCH ON WRIST. 04:21:25 BREAK. 04:21:40 WS BIRD STEPPING OUTSIDE OF SHOP WHICH IS NEAR COUNTRY ROAD. 04:21:48 WS BIRD'S WIFE FOLLOWING HIM. WS THE TWO WALKING TO THEIR HOUSE NEXT DOOR. 04:22:07 BREAK. 04:22:40 REPORTER SET UP FOR SU'S. 04:24:02 BREAK. 04:24:07 CU CLIPPERS. 04:24:59 BREAK.

Shaver old used Isolated on white background

COVER FTG ON OLDEST LICENSED BARBER IN TEXAS 91 YEAR OLD E R BIRD HARRIS. 04:00:05 VS BIRD CONTINUING W/ HAIRCUT FOR ELDERLY MAN HOY WILLIAMS AS BOTH TALK W/ REPORTER. 04:02:39 THEY SPEAK ABOUT COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND THE CANDIDATES. 04:05:17 WILLIAMS TALKS ABOUT BEING ON DISABILITY AND HAVING BEEN A CARPENTER. 04:05:30 BIRD TELLS HOW HE GOT HIS NICKNAME OF BIRD. 04:06:43 BIRD AND WILLIAMS SPEAK ABOUT NATIONAL DEFICIT PROBLEM. 04:08:48 CU WILLIAMS' WALLET AS MONEY IS BEING TAKEN FROM IT TO PAY FOR HAIRCUT. 04:09:32 MS WILLIAMS SEEN IN MIRROR AS HE COMMENTS THAT IT'S A GOOD HAIRCUT. 04:10:27 BIRD SAYS HE WAS PAID BY ONE CUSTOMER W/ POTATOES. 04:13:32 MS BIRD RESTING IN BARBER CHAIR AND WILLIAMS IN CHAIR BY WALL AS INTV CONTINUES. 04:16:57 CU CLIPPING ON WALL W/ PICTURE OF FORD MODEL T CAR. 04:17:25 CU PILE OF MAGAZINES W/ ONE CATALOGUE FROM SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY FALL 1900. 04:17:51 CU ABACUS ON TOP OF BOX OF DOMINOES. 04:18:20 CU BRUSH STIRRING SHAVING LATHER IN MUG. 04:18:24 CU PROFILE BIRD MIXING THE LATHER. 04:18:27 CU BIRD ADDING HOT WATER TO MUG OF LATHER. 04:18:48 CU RAZOR BEING SHARPENED ON STRAP. 04:19:36 CU HAS WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER NEAR SQUARE FAN. 04:20:01 CU COMBS AND SCISSORS BEING LAID OUT BY BIRD. 04:21:06 CU BIRD'S WIFE. 04:21:23 CU BIRD'S WATCH ON WRIST. 04:21:25 BREAK. 04:21:40 WS BIRD STEPPING OUTSIDE OF SHOP WHICH IS NEAR COUNTRY ROAD. 04:21:48 WS BIRD'S WIFE FOLLOWING HIM. WS THE TWO WALKING TO THEIR HOUSE NEXT DOOR. 04:22:07 BREAK. 04:22:40 REPORTER SET UP FOR SU'S. 04:24:02 BREAK. 04:24:07 CU CLIPPERS. 04:24:59 BREAK.

Razor

Focus of a camera moves from a computer monitor with a federal BOLO on it to a dark wood table and keyboard

NAME: IRQ VIOLENCE 2 20080409I TAPE: EF08/0379 IN_TIME: 10:23:24:10 DURATION: 00:03:12:12 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Baghdad - 9 Apr 2008 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: Sadr City 1. Wide of Mahdi army militia running out onto street to fire weapons, AUDIO of gunfire 2. Various of gunmen, AUDIO of gunfire 3. Wide of gunmen Sadr City 4. Various of deserted streets in Baghdad's Sadr City area 5. Exterior of Imam Ali hospital 6. Sign reading (Arabic): "Imam Ali General hospital" 7. Various of wounded people, including children, lying on hospital beds 8. Various of relatives of victims strapping coffins to roofs of cars 9. Relatives hugging and crying next to car 10. Man crying over coffin on roof of car, as other continue securing coffin on roof 11. Wide of relatives standing on top of cars, strapping on coffins Central Baghdad 12. Various wide shots of Iraqi army checkpoint with concrete blast walls and razor wire fence 13. View through barbed wire of Iraq soldiers at checkpoint 14. Various of Iraqi soldiers at checkpoint 15. Various of Iraqi police in Kahramana square 16. Mid of Brigadier General Hussein Jadoo talking to police officers 17. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Brigadier General Hussein Jadoo, commander of Rusafa Police: "We are ready to fulfil any mission assigned to us. And we are ready to meet any kind of service or emergency case the citizens need as we are always under the disposal of people." 18. Various of Firdous Square with statue that replaced Saddam Hussein's (pulled down by US troops on 9 April 2003) 19. Mid of police in square 20. Close-up of gun with monument in distance 21. Wide of square with deserted street STORYLINE: The death toll reached 16 in Baghdad's Sadr City area on Wednesday as clashes between security forces and Shiite militiamen continued in the Iraqi capital, a day after top US Commander General David Petraeus called for a suspension of US troop withdrawals. AP Television showed gunmen firing weapons on the streets of Sadr City. Police earlier said that seven people in Sadr City, including three children, died when projectiles slammed into a house in the impoverished area, a stronghold of the Mahdi Army militia of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Dozens more were wounded, said a hospital official who asked not to be identified because he was not authorised to speak to the media. Eyewitnesses in the area said that the attack, which occurred at 10 am local time (0700 GMT), was carried out by US helicopters but police said the blasts were caused by mortar rounds. The US military had no immediate comment. AP Television footage showed injured people in hospital and relatives of victims mourning as they transported away coffins in preparation for funerals. The violence served as stark reminders of Iraq's continuing instability five years after US troops swept into Baghdad and toppled Saddam Hussein's regime on April 9, 2003. The euphoria of victory was soon dissipated, first by a Sunni insurgency, then Sunni-Shiite slaughter and now battles against Shiite militiamen. On the eve of the anniversary, the Iraqi military ordered vehicles and motorcycles off the streets of Baghdad from 5 am (0200 GMT)on Wednesday until midnight, a move apparently aimed at preventing Shiite gunmen from moving freely about the city. AP Television footage showed Iraqi troops manning checkpoints in the centre of the city. Police Brigadier General Hussein Jadoo said his men were ready to "fulfil any mission assigned to us". The vehicle ban was imposed despite a decision by al-Sadr to call off his "million-strong" demonstration set for Wednesday to demand an end to the American military presence. Still, eyewitnesses described the situation in much of Sadr City on Wednesday as calmer than the previous days, despite the sounds of explosions and sporadic gunfire. Al-Sadr's Mahdi militia has been battling American and Iraqi soldiers in the sprawling neighbourhood. Fearing the demonstration might trigger violence throughout Baghdad, Iraqi soldiers began turning back military-aged men travelling to the capital on Tuesday from Shiite areas to the south. Al-Sadr then called off the rally, apparently fearing a modest turnout would display weakness at a time when he is locked in a violent power struggle with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a fellow Shiite. Al-Maliki has told al-Sadr to disband his militia or give up politics. In Washington, Petraeus called on Tuesday for an open-ended suspension of US troop withdrawals this summer because of concern over the renewed fighting in Iraq.

TAPE: EF03/1151 IN_TIME: 02:55:58 DURATION: 5:05 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: Various, 25 Dec 2003 SHOTLIST: Bethlehem, West Bank 1. Wide of Manger square with Nativity church visible 2. Mid shot of Nativity church bell tower 3. People walking into square 4. Worker sweeping square 5. Christians arriving for morning mass 6. Worker sweeping outside church entrance 7. Woman lighting candles in church 8. Nun lighting candles 9. Congregation sitting down 10. Close up of altar 11. Various of Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah entering and priests walking down church aisle 12. Various of priest conducting mass 13. Various of congregation Jerusalem 14. Wide of "separation fence" 15. Various of fence around Bethlehem Gaza 15. Various of Christmas service Ramallah 16. Various of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat with members of Heart to Heart international peace group 17. Arafat and officials walks out of compound 18. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Palestinian President Yasser Arafat: "For the past three years the Israelis have not let me go into Bethlehem for Christmas." 19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Palestinian President Yasser Arafat: "Merry Christmas for all our people, Merry Christmas for the whole world." Nablus 16. Various of bomb wrecked car STORYLINE: Christmas Day morning on Thursday was quiet in Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ. Local people gathered for morning mass but for a third straight year, but foreign Christians and tourists who used to flock to Bethlehem for Christmas were largely absent. Like most Palestinian towns and cities, Bethlehem has been battered by the violence from the Middle East's latest cycle of violence. The fighting has left behind destroyed, pockmarked buildings and a battle-scarred population. Economically shattered by the violence, the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority cut its Christmas budget this year, making decorations sparse in Manger Square, home to the fortress-like Church of the Nativity. The church is built over the grotto where Jesus is believed to have been born. For many Israel's separation barrier was the unofficial theme of the day. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Michel Sabbah, rang a political note in his midnight Mass homily, saying "the separation wall will give no security and no peace." Sabbah - the highest-ranking Catholic official in the Holy Land - said Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is the "basic evil" in the conflict. The barrier, meant to keep Palestinian attackers out of Israel, dips deep into the West Bank. Palestinians strongly oppose the structure, saying it is an illegal seizure of land they claim for a state. The barrier - a series of concrete walls, trenches, razor wire and fences - cuts off parts of Bethlehem from the town itself and from nearby Jerusalem. Also, in the West Bank city of Nablus, a car exploded near an electronics plant, killing a male who was believed to be a member of the militant group Hamas, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said. It was unclear what caused the explosion. The Israeli army denied involvement, saying it was not operating in the area at the time. Dozens of Palestinian militants have been killed when bombs they were building or transporting blew up prematurely.