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US President George Bush looks on as French President Jacques Chriac kisses the hand of Secretary of State Condollezza Rice, after the funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, April 8, 2005. Bottom left is King Juan Carlos of Spain, top right is UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and centre rear is Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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Cuban President Fidel Castro addresses the audience in Havana, April 7, 2005. President Castro talked for more than four hours about Pope John Paul II and his 1998 visit to the island, eulogizing him as a fierce critic of savage capitalism, Third World poverty, foreign debt, excessive consumerism, exploitation and war. Castro also said that the Pope had been falsely portrayed as an 'angel of death for Communism and Socialism' when the truth was he had become U.S. imperialism's 'biggest headache.' PICTURE TAKEN APRIL 7 REUTERS/Courtesy AIN