1.   He did not elaborate, but the Vatican has long called for an international statute to govern sites holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims.

2.   It has also repeatedly demanded that the sites holy to Christians, Jews and Muslims in Jerusalem be protected by an international statute.

3.   It has asked that sites holy to Christians, Jews and Muslims be protected by an international statute.

4.   The Vatican has repeatedly demanded that the sites holy to Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land be protected by an international statute.

5.   The Vatican raised its long-standing view that the sites holy to Muslims, Christians and Jews in Jerusalem must be protected by an international statute.

6.   The White House, meanwhile, said it hoped to have an answer soon on a USOC request to make the IOC a public body under international anti-corruption statutes.

7.   It is part of an archipelago of nine just outside the Bab al-Mandab straits whose ownership has never been determined by international statute.

8.   The island is part of an archipelago of nine just outside the Bab al-Mandab straits whose ownership has never been determined by international statute.