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| Nov.30 |
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 Pope visits mosque Istanbul: Benedict XVI is visiting the Blue Mosque in what is being seen as an attempt to mend relations with the Muslim community
| During the tour the pontiff paused in silent prayer alongside Muslim clerics in the second papal visit in history to a mosque.
Earlier the Pope spent half an hour in Hagia Sophia, that was once a Christian centre before becoming a mosque.
Turkish demonstrators protest against the visit, saying the pontiff's tour was an affront to the secularism, as well as an attempt to stake a Catholic claim to the site.
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| Nov.29 |
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 Pope holds Mass at Turkish shrine| Benedict XVI has held open-air Mass outside a shrine to the Virgin Mary in the ancient city of Ephesus | |
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| Nov.28 |
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Pope calls for Christian-Muslim dialogue| Benedict XVI: People of all nations should expect religious freedom | |
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Pope begins landmark visit Benedict XVI is on his first trip to a mainly Muslim country since acceding to the papacy. PM Erdogan met him at airport
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| Nov.27 |
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Turkey boosts security for Pope| Istanbul: Thousands of police are being deployed, a decoy motorcade will be used on the trip and snipers are in place | |
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Israeli PM offers 'hand of peace'
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| Jan.20 |
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Pope gunman freedom ended Court ruled that Mehmet Ali Agca, 48, should serve more time in jail for killing a journalist in 1979
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| Jan.12 |
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Man who shot pope freed| A gray-haired Mehmet Ali Agca left the prison and got into a car amid a chaotic scene created by international media | | |
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| Jan.11 |
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Man who shot pope to be released Mehmet Ali Agca prepared to taste freedom for the first time in a quarter-century with his release from prison
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Sharon fights for life after stroke
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