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Updated Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:06 am TWN, AFP

Pope to visit Jordan, Israel May 8-15: report

ROME -- Pope Benedict XVI will visit Jordan and Israel from May 8 to 15, a right-wing Italian daily said Tuesday in the most specific report so far on the widely mooted trip. Il Foglio did not cite its source, but said the pope will leave on May 8 for Amman, where he will stay three days, then travel to Israel for the next four days.

While in Israel the pope will visit the Palestinian territories, according to the newspaper headed by Giuliano Ferrara, former spokesman of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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