Pope Meets Muslim Leaders Today

Today the Pope meets with Muslim leaders today. "our future" depends on dialogue between Christians and Muslims.“Christians and Muslims must learn to work together ... in order to guard against all forms of intolerance and to oppose all manifestations of violence,” said the 79-year-old pope.

Today is the 268th day of the year.
269th in leap years.

In today's headlines

• U.S. Army troops tour of duty, extended, over 4,000 affected.
• Will it ever end?
• What steps does the government needs to take in order bring home our troops?
• If the U.S. Troops pulls out of Iraq now, will it mean defeat for them?

• About the WarOct. 2005, I was on a train going to Dallas, TX from Chicago, IL, I sat with two guys talking about the war on Iraq. Both of them were soldiers, the other a Vietnam Veteran, the other an Army National Guard who just return home after a tour from Somalia, Mogadishu and Korea. Both of them are convinced that the U.S. should stop being the World Police. Americans are getting killed and something has to be done. Helping other country is a great thing, but up to what extent.

In History

• 2005 :Fernando Alonso becomes the youngest FIA Formula One World Champion.
• 2003 :A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaido, Japan.
• 1493 :Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
• 1513 :Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean.