Sharon letter to pope ends Vatican-Israel rift (AFP)
5th Sep 2005, 14:43 GMT
AFP - Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has sent a letter to Pope Benedict XVI seeking to end a diplomatic rift with the Vatican over the pope's omission of Israel from a recent condemnation of terrorism, Israel's embassy to the Holy See confirmed.
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