November 29, 2006
November 29 ... on this day:
1947 (...59 years ago)
http://knesset.gov.il/holidays/eng/29nov_e.htm
2006
Pope’s journey to Turkey
“...A journey under the banner of interreligious dialogue
It is significant that the Holy Father’s first journey to a predominantly Muslim country begins in the very land from which Abraham, the common patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, undertook his journey of faith in God. It was from Harran, a village in present-day Turkey, that he set out in a spirit of total dependence upon God, trusting solely in the word that had been revealed to him.
The renewed memory of these common roots linking the three religions, which the Holy Father wishes to evoke in his journey, is an invitation to overcome the conflicts between Jews, Christians and Muslims that have taken place over the centuries...”
Pope meets world Orthodox leader
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6194224.stm
Ephesus
Wednesday, 29 November 2006
MASS BEFORE THE SHRINE OF MERYEM ANA EVĚ
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHER
“.....From this edge of the Anatolian peninsula, a natural bridge between continents, let us implore peace and reconciliation, above all for those dwelling in the Land called “Holy” and considered as such by Christians, Jews and Muslims alike: it is the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, destined to be the home of a people that would become a blessing for all the nations (cf. Gen 12:1-3). Peace for all of humanity! May Isaiah’s prophecy soon be fulfilled: “They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” (Is 2:4). We all need this universal peace; and the Church is called to be not only the prophetic herald, but even more, the “sign and instrument” of this peace....”
NATO response force 'ready'
“RIGA, Latvia (AP) -- NATO's allies have succeed in filling gaps in the alliance's elite new rapid-response force and will declare it ready for action at their summit Wednesday, the alliance's top diplomat said....”
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/29/nato.meeting.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
“...Also in Riga, the NATO chiefs declared "fully operational" the alliance's flagship 25,000-strong NATO Response Force (NRF). The force, to be staffed by NATO countries on a six-month rotating basis, will stand ready to be deployed within five days for combat missions, evacuations or disaster relief operations lasting for up to a month.”
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2252127,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
Key Bush summit on Iraq delayed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6194458.stm