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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Palestinian Christians take part in the Holy Fire ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, April 23, 2011. The Holy Fire ceremony is part of Orthodox Easter rituals and the flame symbolizes the resurrection of Christ. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Bosnian Serb woman touches holly icons before Easter Service in Orthodox Church in northern Bosnian town of Tuzla, 130 kms north of Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Sunday, April 24, 2011. Bosnian Croat and Bosnian Serbs celebrate Easter on a same day. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

Syriac Christian girls, who are members of the choir, attend an Easter service at the Virgin Mary Syriac church in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, April 24, 2011.REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: RELIGION)

Basque people hold the Ikurrina, the Basque National flag, during celebrations marking Aberri Eguna, or Fatherland Day, the Basque people's annual feast day which coincides with Easter Sunday as it is celebrated in Saint Etienne de Baigorry, southwestern France, Sunday, April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

A Christian girl prays at the Anointing Stone inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried, during Easter Sunday mass, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 24, 2011. Christians from around the world are celebrating Easter Sunday in Jerusalem, marking the day of Jesus' resurrection in the holy city two millennia ago. Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics held ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus' crucifixion and burial and of his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

An Armenian priest processes during Easter Sunday mass inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 24, 2011. Christians from around the world are celebrating Easter Sunday in Jerusalem, marking the day of Jesus' resurrection in the holy city two millennia ago. Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics held ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus' crucifixion and burial and of his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Faithful take place prior to the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI for the Easter Holy Mass at St Peter's square at The Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged "diplomacy and dialogue" instead of arms in Libya and "solidarity" with refugees from unrest across the north African and Middle Eastern region. (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)

A child attends Easter Sunday service at Episcopal Church of the Sudan Diocese of Khartoum All Saints Cathedral, April 24, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

A man prays next to a giant Easter egg, in front of St James Church, in Medjugorje, April 24, 2011. Catholic believers have made pilgrimages to the church for the past 30 years since a group of locals said they had apparitions from the Virgin Mary. REUTERS/Adam Tanner (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

Easter light : Greek Orthodox people light candles during an Easter rite at St. George's Church in Fener Patriarchate, Istanbul. (AFP/Mustafa Ozer)

Celebrating Easter : A child dressed as an angel removes the veil on the statue of Mother Mary during a mass in celebration of Easter Sunday outside St. Domingo Church in Quezon City, east of Manila. (AFP/Noel Celis)

Catholic nuns walk inside the Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 24, 2011 during Easter procession REUTERS/Baz Ratner(JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Leah, 11, foreground second from left, and her friend Rachel, 10, foreground second from right, both from New Jersey, pose for photographers with others wearing hats as they take part in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue Sunday April 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Players celebrate after winning the annual Lelo match in the village of Shukhuti, about 290 km (180 miles) west of Tbilisi, April 24, 2011. The villagers of Zemo (upper) Shukhuti and Kvemo (lower) Shukhuti have played the game every Easter Sunday for generations, with each side trying to carry the 16 kg (35 lbs) ball to their end of the neighbouring villages.REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

A person takes a picture of a statue of Jesus Christ during Holy Week celebrations in Niquinohomo, Nicaragua, on Easter Sunday April 24, 2011. Christians from around the world are celebrating Easter Sunday, marking the day of Jesus' resurrection two millennia ago. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Slovak youths dressed in traditional costumes throw a bucket of water at a girl as part of traditional Easter celebrations in the village of Trencianska Tepla, 145 km (90 miles) north of Bratislava April 25, 2011. Girls are doused with water and whipped in a custom believed to ensure a woman's fertility and beauty. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

Local residents in traditional dresses ride their decorated horses through fields to get a blessing for both men and beasts at the St. George church near Traunstein, southern Germany, on Monday, April 25, 2011. The procession has been held since 300 years on Easter Monday.(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

St. Georgi Ride : A woman wearing traditional Bavarian clothes on a festively decorated horse takes part in the traditional St. Georgi Ride in Traunstein, southern Germany. The annual ride, taking place on Easter Monday, is a horse pilgrimage to honor Saint George.(AFP/DPA/Tobias Hase)
A Christian holds a cross as she prays during Easter celebrations at the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Baghdad April 24, 2011. A roadside bomb exploded near an entrance of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Baghdad on Sunday, wounding two police officers and two civilians, an Interior Ministry source said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION)

Iraqi Christian children show the painted eggs they received during celebrations after an Easter service at Chaldean Catholic church in Amman April 24, 2011. Thousands of Iraqi Christians fled to neighbouring Jordan following a spate of bombings that targeted churches in Iraqi cities in the past few years REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

Iraqi Christian children break the painted eggs they received during celebrations after an Easter service at Chaldean Catholic church in Amman April 24, 2011.Thousands of Iraqi Christians fled to neighbouring Jordan following a spate of bombings that targeted churches in Iraqi cities in the past few years. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

A member of the Samaritan sect looks toward the West Bank city of Nablus as the sun rises from Mount Gerizim during the traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Passover April 24, 2011. The Samaritans, who trace their roots to the biblical Kingdom of Israel in what is now the northern occupied West Bank, observe religious practices similar to those of Judaism. Picture taken on April 24, 2011. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION)

Palestinian Christians take part in the Holy Fire ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, April 23, 2011. The Holy Fire ceremony is part of Orthodox Easter rituals and the flame symbolizes the resurrection of Christ. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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