Pope John Paul tells President Bush the situation in Iraq should be normalized as soon as possible.
North and South Korea agree on measures to ease military tensions along their land border, byt fail to resolve a sea border dispute.
The Olympic torch began a five-continent odyssey to Athens today (Friday) in Australia, where the flame was carried to the Sydney Olympic stadium, site of 2000 games.
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