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Crowds surge for John Paul II funeral day in Rome stalls line
Police closed lines by 10 p.m as crowds grew outside St. Peter's Basilica ahead of Fridays funeral. Civilians feared up to 1 million along the route while UN officials and Vatican aides prepared for security, secrecy rules, and a guided cardinals conclave.
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John Paul
Federica Bruni
Italy
Civil Defense
Luca Spoletini
Civil Defense Department
St. Peter's
United Nation
General Assembly
Poland
Holy See
U.N
Vatican
Chicago
Francis George
Sistine Chapel
Joaquin Navarro-Valls
Apostolic Palace
Piero Marini
Jaime Sin
Philippines
Sin
Navarro-Valls
St. John Lateran Basilica
Rome
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. John Lateran
Jacques Chirac
Kofi Annan
Syria
Iran
Jockel Finck
THE
Associated Press
Piccrms
Krakow
John Paul II
Foreign Ministry
Louis Caprioli
France
DST
Madrid
Caprioli
Paris
DIGOS
National Police
Milan
Iraq
Europe