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Bush to attend Pope's funeral

US President George W Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will attend Friday's funeral for Pope John Paul II, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.

"The president and Mrs Bush plan to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II," Mr McClellan told reporters.

Asked whether former presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton would be part of the US delegation to the funeral, Mr McClellan said the White House was "still finalising" the list and would say more later in the day.

On Saturday, Mr Bush hailed the Pope as "one of history's great moral leaders" and "a hero for the ages."
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