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Egypt summons Vatican envoy over Pope speech

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Egypt's Foreign Ministry summoned the Vatican's envoy to Cairo on Saturday to express Egypt's "Extreme regret" At a speech by Pope Benedict that has provoked fury in the Islamic world.

 

Egyptian ambassador Wafa Bassim, who summoned the envoy on the instructions of the foreign minister, said the Pope must himself "Move quickly to contain the situation", a ministry statement said. (Reuters)

 

 

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