1.   Then the historic encounter was over, both still standing, quickly hugging.

2.   Pope John Paul II was to receive Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday in an historic encounter between alumni of the Cold War.

3.   Alexy II has said he canceled the historic encounter because the Vatican refused to condemn proselytizing in Russia.

4.   Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday met at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II in a historic encounter between Cold War alumni.

5.   Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday arrived at the Vatican for an audience with Pope John Paul II in a historic encounter between Cold War alumni.

6.   Still, the historic encounter constituted the first recognition of Arafat by an Israeli premier from the Likud Party which long opposed Israel-PLO peacemaking.

7.   The historic encounter constituted the first recognition of Arafat by an Israeli premier from the hardline Likud Party which long opposed Israel-PLO peacemaking.

8.   The historic encounter constitutes the first recognition of Arafat by an Israeli premier from the hardline Likud Party which long opposed Israel-PLO peacemaking.

9.   The historic encounter constitutes the first recognition of Arafat by an Israeli premier from the Likud Party, which long opposed Israel-PLO peacemaking.

10.   The no-show by the chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, cast a disappointing pall over his expected historic encounter with President Andres Pastrana.