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• Israel, Egypt carry out U.S.-brokered prisoner swap (Reuters)
• Pope expresses shame for Christian violence in history (Reuters)
• Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims join pope, urge peace (AP)

Israel, Egypt carry out U.S.-brokered prisoner swap (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - Egypt released an American-Israeli held as an alleged spy and Israel freed 25 Egyptians in a prisoner swap Thursday that will ease strains between Cairo's new rulers and the United States and Israel.

Pope expresses shame for Christian violence in history (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:15 AM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict, leading a global inter-religious meeting, acknowledged Thursday "with great shame" that Christianity had used force in its long history as he joined other religious leaders in condemning violence and terrorism in God's name.

Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims join pope, urge peace (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI joined Buddhist monks, Islamic scholars, Hindus and a handful of agnostics in making a communal call for peace Thursday, insisting that religion must never be used as a pretext for war or terrorism.

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