Bethlehem fetes Palestinian Arab Idol singing hero

Hundreds of Palestinians celebrated in Bethlehem after a young singer from the occupied West Bank city became the second Palestinian to win the Arab Idol television song contest.Yacoub Shaheen, the 23-year-old son of a Syriac Christian carpenter, on Saturday night won the pan-Arab singing competition, defeating a fellow Palestinian and a Yemeni in the finals filmed in Lebanon.Hundreds of people including the town mayor gathered in front of a large screen in Bethlehem's Manger Square to watch Sha