AP Historical Hard Drive 1995

Pope John Paul II speaks from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square during the noon blessing ceremony at the Vatican, Sunday Dec. 31...

Inmates stare out from a crowded cell at the Reten de Catia Prison, one of Venezuela's most overcrowded correctional facilities, in the capital of Car...

Pope John Paul II blesses faithful from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1995. A day after illness forced...

Semi-general view inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Monday, Dec. 25 1995, during Christmas eve mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II from the...

Pope John Paul II arrives in St. Peter's Basilica for the midnight Christmas eve mass Sunday, Dec.25 1995. The Pontiff proclaimed the ''great joy'' of...

Pope John Paul II delivers the ''Urbi et Orbi'', (Latin for: ''to the City and to the World''), Christmas blessing from the window of his apartment ov...

Pope John Paul II leans onto a reading-desk during his Christmas message, which he cut short due to a fever, from the window of his apartment overlook...

Pope John Paul II acknowledges cheers from pilgrims and faithful, from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's square, after he delivered the...

Pope John Paul II shakes hands with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, during the ceremony of the Chri...

Pope John Paul II greets faithful from his limosine as he arrives at a parish church in central Rome Sunday, Dec. 17, 1995. The Pope blessed thousands...

Pope John Paul II kisses a child as he arrives at a parish church in central Rome Sunday, Dec. 17, 1995. The Pope blessed thousands of infant Jesus fi...

An unidentified person walks through New York's Central Park Thursday, Dec. 14, 1995, as a light snowfall transforms the park into a winter wonderland...

Pope John Paul II presides over the final session of the Special Synod of the Lebanese Bishops in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Decem...

Leah Rabin, widow of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin, poses with Pope John Paul II and her two children Yuval, left, and Daliah, ri...

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An Air Force C-17 cargo plane is seen in this undated photo. (AP Photo/McDonnell Douglas)

Country singer Randy Travis is shown at the American Muic Awards show in this undated photo. (AP Photo)

Pope John Paul II sits on his throne during the canonization of Eugene De Mazenod, a French bishop born in Aix-en-Provence in 1782, in St. Peter's Sun...

Pope John Paul II acknowledges cheers from faithful and pilgrims during the weekly general audience inside the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Wednesday,...

Pope John Paul II holds the Liturgical Book during the mass in St. Peter's Basilica Sunday, Nov. 26, 1995. The pope opened a meeting of Lebanese bisho...

Pope John Paul II stands with former Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti during the conference

An unidentified County Register's office official from Wicklow Town, 35 miles (56 kms) south of Dublin, loads ballot boxes onto a truck for distribut...

Pope John Paul II acknowledges the faithful during a general audience at the Vatican Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1995. The Pontiff praised the Balkan peace pl...

Pope John Paul II caresses a child upon his arrival to visit a parish church in a working-class area on the southern edge of Rome, Sunday, Nov. 19, 19...

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Pope John Paul II reacts to cheering faithful and pilgrims at the end of weekly general audience inside Paul VI hall at the Vatican Wednesday, Nov.8 1...

FILE--Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in this March 17, 1994 file photo. The Pope, speaking during his reg...

Pope John Paul II mourns the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin during his regular Sunday address from his window overlooking St. Peter's S...

Magician Harry Houdini performs a rope escape, left, and a card trick in these undated photos. (AP Photo)

A man identified as The King, left, kisses the ring of a man identified as the Holy Father at the Village Halloween parade in New York, Tuesday, Oct...

American pop singer Gloria Estefan sings in front of Pope John Paul II in the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican Friday Oct. 27, 1995, during the

American pop singer Gloria Estefan sings before Pope John Paul II, far left, in the Pope Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican Friday Oct. 27, 1995, du...

Pope John Paul II waves to faithful as he arrives at the parish church of St. Romano in Rome for a pastoral visit, Sunday, October 22, 1995. The pope...

This is an undated photo of British poet Rudyard Kipling. (AP Photo)

Two unidentifed students from P.S.199 gaze upon the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1995. The Great Lawn has played host t...

This undated photo is taken from video by Britain's Independent Television News network showing Muslim prisoners at Omarska camp run by Serbs in nort...

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in this undated photo. (AP Photo)

Pope John Paul II waves to the faithful from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sunday Oct. 15, 1995. The pope...

Pope John Paul II blesses the meal at the Our Daily Bread soup kitchen in Baltimore Sunday, 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Tim Clary, Pool)

Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass in Camden Yards in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Tim Clary, pool)

People line up for Communion during mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II at Camden Yards in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea)

Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass in Camden Yards in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Tim Clary, pool)

Pope John Paul II reaches out to Caitlin Foggin, 2, of Tinton Falls, N.J., at Newark International Airport in Newark, N.J., Sunday, Oct. 8, 1995. Fog...

Pope John Paul II holds the Book of the Gospel during Mass at Camden Yards in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)

Pope John Paul II reflects while visiting the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

Pope John Paul II waves goodbye as he boards the aircraft which will carry him home to the Vatican from the Baltimore Washington International Airport...

Pope John Paul II is surrounded by Secret Service agents as he makes his way down Pratt Street during the Papal Parade in Baltimore Sunday afternoon O...

Pope John Paul II waves to the crowd after entering Camden Yards in Baltimore Sunday, Oct. 8, 1995. The pope was to celebrate mass at the ballpark as...

Pope John Paul II prays while visiting the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

Pope John Paul II is greeted during an interfaith prayer service at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore Sunday Oct. 8, 1995. The pope conclud...