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Shot ETimor president to thank pope for concern (AFP)

Jul 18, 2008
Story Timeline:  84 days

by Chris McCall 4 minutes ago SYDNEY (AFP) - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Friday he would use a personal audience with Pope Benedict XVI to thank him for his concern after an assassination attempt earlier this year. The Timorese leader and Nobel peace laureate is in Sydney for the Catholic church's World Youth Day and is scheduled to have an audience with the pope on Sunday, the final day. It will be his third meeting with the pope, but the first since February's assassination attempt. "It is only to thank the pope for his loving concern," Ramos-Horta, 58, told AFP. "The Vatican phoned the hospital in Darwin many times -- I was told, every day -- to enquire about my situation. "I am Catholic, very Catholic and very respectful of the pope. I am head of state but I consider him to be my superior, plus I want to... [read full story]                    

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