Madonna on pilgrimage to Israel
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Madonna embarks on a visit to Israel with her family as part of her interest in the Kabbalah faith.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec. 24 -- Several thousand pilgrims celebrated Christmas Eve in the place traditionally known as the birthplace of Jesus, welcoming the new thaw in Israeli-Palestinian relations and voicing hopes for peace in the Middle East.
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ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia  - Millions of Muslim pilgrims spent the afternoon on the plain of Arafat east of Mecca on Tuesday at the peak of the annual haj pilgrimage.
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FOR the past few days Israel had no less a favoured guest in its midst than Madonna. At least, she was favoured by the popular press, which plastered her face all over its feature pages, photographed her hotel
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Pop star Madonna visits Judaism's sacred Western Wall in the dead of night to avoid being mobbed by waiting photographers.
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Pop diva Madonna today called for world peace at a conference on Jewish mysticism - a highlight of her five-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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Several thousand pilgrims celebrated Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Friday, welcoming the new thaw in Israeli-Palestinian relations and voicing hopes for peace in the Middle East.
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Several thousand pilgrims celebrated Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus on Friday (local time), welcoming the new thaw in Israeli-Palestinian relations and voicing hopes for peace in the Middle East.
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including American icon Madonna - wanted to learn more about the mystical Jewish texts, they decided to go the source: Israel. On the
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After midnight prayers at the grave of a rabbinical sage, songstress Madonna yesterday called for world peace at a conference on Jewish mysticism, a highlight of her five-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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Two of Madonna's bodyguards are arrested in Israel after an alleged brawl with photographers, as the star makes a spiritual pilgrimage.
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Madonna meets Israeli President Shimon Peres during a spiritual pilgrimage to mark the Jewish New Year.
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TEL AVIV, Israel Pop star Madonna thinks Israel is no scarier than New York City. Madonna told a conference on Jewish mysticism she was hesitant to go to Israel because of news reports about terror attacks.
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Pop star Madonna starts the German leg of her tour despite threats of possible prosecution for blasphemy.
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Madonna is coming to the Holy Land. The pop diva, a student of Jewish mysticism, was headed to Israel on a spiritual quest for the Jewish New Year, which begins at sundown Wednesday.
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Prosecutors plan to keep an eye on Madonna's weekend concert in Duesseldorf to see if the pop diva repeats the mock crucifixion scene that has drawn fire from religious leaders.
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Pop star Madonna was hesitant to visit  Israel because of news reports about violence but found the  biggest danger was "a few very naughty Paparazzi."