VALLETTA, Malta -- Cheering crowds have greeted Pope John Paul II on his arrival in predominantly Catholic Malta.

CNN: Pope in Malta after peace plea

Or of the unity of the Ghanaians as John Atta Mills dropped his baton - a death greeted with dignity by chiefs and villagers, heads of state and street children.

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Hull fans travelling to Huddersfield on official coaches will be greeted by officers and escorted straight in to the John Smith's Stadium, police said.

BBC: Hull City fans on a coach

Fourteen years earlier, a much different Fidel Castro greeted a much different pontiff when thousands were introduced to Pope John Paul II, who made the historic first papal trip to Cuba in 1998.

CNN: Pope arrives in Cuba; visit carries political tinge