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January 14, 2015

Pope travels to war-torn north Sri Lanka, urges forgiveness

By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press JAYAMPATHI PALIPANE, Associated Press

MADHU, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pope Francis traveled to the jungles of war-torn northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday for a deeply symbolic show of solidarity with the victims of the

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