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That was 1979 and Pope John Paul II. But when Benedict XVI travels to Turkey next week on his first visit to a Muslim country since becoming Pope last year, he is unlikely to cloak himself in a downy banner of brotherhood, the way his predecessor did 27 years ago. Instead, Benedict, 79, will arrive carrying a different reputation: that of a hard-knuckle intellect with a taste for blunt talk and interreligious confrontation. Just 19 months into his tenure, the Pope has become as much a moral lightning rod as a theologian; suddenly, when he speaks, the whole world...
...Turkish novel subtitled Who Will Kill the Pope in Istanbul? (the book fingers everyone but Islamists) have increased as his trip approaches. The country is expected to place about 22,000 policemen on the streets of Istanbul while he is there. "This is a very high-risk visit," says Cengiz Aktar, a Turkish political scientist. "There is a vocal nationalist movement here, and there is the Pope, a man who likes to play with fire...
Actually, Benedict will probably try to stay away from matches during his successive stops in Ankara, Ephesus and Istanbul. Speculation about what the Pope will say and do on this visit has consumed Rome for weeks. Papal watchers say Benedict cannot out-Regensburg himself, but gauzy talk about the compatibility of Christianity and Islam isn't likely either. Over the course of his career, Benedict has been averse to reciting multifaith platitudes, an aversion that has sharpened as he has focused on Islam. And that's what could make his coming encounter with the Muslim world, says David Gibson, author...
Although Bush plans to visit the thriving stock exchange in Ho Chi Minh City--formerly Saigon--this country is still officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. As protocol demanded, he met with the General Secretary of the Communist Party and was photographed with a massive bust of the revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh. The President said one of the most poignant moments of the trip was passing the lake that Senator John McCain, as a Navy pilot, was pulled from after his plane was hit while on a bombing run. "He suffered a lot as a result of his imprisonment...
...coup for Harvard, not only because it has locked a major D-I opponent onto its schedule for the next several years but also because Michigan has agreed to travel to Lavietes for a game in 2007. In general, teams of the Wolverines’ ilk never deign to visit the homes of lesser-renowned programs—the top dogs are just doing the smaller teams a favor by letting them grace their schedule, the thinking goes, and thus the Harvards of the college basketball universe should be honored just to get the privilege of playing in the major...