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| SPECIAL FEATURE / The Pope In The Holy Land Posted: 11 May 2009 10:58 AM PDT |
| The pope's visit to Israel is an impossible balancing act Posted: 11 May 2009 10:36 AM PDT The official TV crews that will be documenting every step by Benedict XVI, from the moment he lands in the Promised Land today, have been given clear instructions: Keep it civilian. Thousands of security personnel, police, military, Shin Bet security service, and of course the Pope's own personal Swiss Guard detail, will be ensuring that the elderly guest makes it back to the plane in one piece, but one of the main objectives of the PR campaign the Israeli government has constructed around the papal visit, is to keep them out of sight as much as possible. ... |
| Netanyahu in Egypt: Talks with Palestinians will resume soon Posted: 11 May 2009 10:13 AM PDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday for the first time since taking office. ... |
| U.S. reporter released from prison in Iran Posted: 11 May 2009 09:54 AM PDT Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi was released on Monday from Tehran's Evin jail after a court cut her eight-year prison sentence to a suspended term, her lawyer said, citing her father. ... |
| Jewish delegates boycott EU interfaith meeting Posted: 11 May 2009 08:38 AM PDT Jewish delegates boycotted an interfaith meeting hosted by the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday, to protest against the participation of extremist Muslim Brotherhood representatives. ... |
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