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Pope leaves Israel for return to Rome (Extra)
May 15, 2009, 11:52 GMT
Tel Aviv - Pope Benedict XVI's plane took off for Rome Friday, ending a landmark eight-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Clasping both hands together and bowing, the pontiff boarded the El Al Israeli Airlines plane after an official ceremony at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport, where Israeli President Shimon Peres, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, cabinet ministers and religious officials bade him farewell.
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