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VIP's @ Funeral
Dignitaries planning to attend Pope John Paul II's funeral:
ALBANIA: President Alfred Moisiu, Prime Minister Fatos Nano. ARGENTINA: Vice President Daniel Scioli, Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa. AUSTRIA: President Heinz Fischer, Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, Parliament Speaker Andreas Khol. BELGIUM: King Albert II, Queen Paola, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt BRITAIN: Prince Charles, Prime Minister Tony Blair. BULGARIA: President Georgi Parvanov. CHILE: Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker. CZECH REPUBLIC: President Vaclav Klaus, Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda. ESTONIA: President Arnold Ruutel. FINLAND: Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen. FRANCE: President Jacques Chirac and his wife, Bernadette. GERMANY: Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, President Horst Koehler. HUNGARY: President Ferenc Madl, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany. IRELAND: President Mary McAleese, Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. LATVIA: President Vaira Vike-Freiberga. LEBANON: President Emile Lahoud, Prime Minister Omar Karami LIECHTENSTEIN: Prince Hans-Adam II, Princess Marie, Prince Nicholas. LITHUANIA: President Valdas Adamkus. LUXEMBOURG: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. POLAND: President Aleksander Kwasniewski and his wife, Prime Minister Marek Belka, former President Lech Walesa. PORTUGAL: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, President Jorge Sampaio. ROMANIA: Romanian President Traian Basescu, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu. RUSSIA: Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov; Metropolitan Kirill, foreign minister for the Russian Orthodox Church. SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova. SLOVAKIA: President Ivan Gasparovic, Parliament Chairman Pavol Hrusovsky. SPAIN: Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. SWITZERLAND: President Samuel Schmid. SYRIA: President Bashar Assad. UNITED STATES: President and Mrs. Bush, Former Presidents George Bush, & Bill Clinton, & Condoleeza Rice VENEZUELA: Foreign Relations Minister Ali Rodirguez, Planning Minister Jorge Giordanni |