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      <title>Syria - Turkish people call government to resign (Massive demonstration)</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 19:31:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>ornekali</dc:creator>
      <description>Thousands of people in Antioch (Hatay) rallied for protesting the government policies on Syria and the latest bombing attacks killing at least 40 people in Reyhanli. People calls government to resign in Turkish and saying &quot;Allah Syria and Bashar is enough&quot; in Arabic.</description>
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      <title>Syria -One of the biggest stadiums chanted for the resignation of Turkish government</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:21:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>This football match is between Fenerbahce and Galatsaray, Turkey's two 
biggest football clubs. They both have ten millions fans in Turkey and 
are the Istanbul clubs.

After Reyhanli bombings, Galatasaray and 
Fenerbahce's tens of thousands fans leave aside the rivalry chanted for the resignation of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's all together because of the Turkish government's responsibility in Reyhanli attacks that killed at least 50 innocent people.

&quot;H&quot;uk&quot;umet Istifa&quot; (Government resign)

PS: When I posted the demonstrations in Antioch many sectarian bigots claimed that protestors are Alawites so, are these Alawites too?</description>
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      <title>Orthodox Syrians holiday Easter </title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 09:23:07 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Alexander Nomerkov</dc:creator>
      <description>Christians denominations in Syria, who follow 
the Eastern calendar, celebrated on Sunday Easter, the Resurrection of 
Jesus the Christ, the Messenger of love and peace.  The celebrations 
were limited to performing prayers and masses at churches
 in light of the events taking place in the country due to the terrorist
 groups' acts. Grand religious ceremony was held at the Syriac Orthodox 
Cathedral of St. Gregorios in Damascus and headed by several Bishops.  
Bishop Matthew al-Khouri delivered a speech on the Easter occasion on 
behalf of Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East 
and Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Syrian Orthodox Church.  In his 
speech, Patriarch Iwas called on all people around the world to 
participate in prayers for peace to prevail in the world, especially in 
Syria, the cradle of the first Christian Church.  He stressed that the 
current events in Syria necessitate that all Muslims and Christians work
 together to face the challenges through adherence to national unity. 
Patriarch Iwas condemned the flagrant attacks on worship houses and 
religious symbols of all religions and sects, calling upon the kidnapers
 of Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo and Iskenderun, Bishop Paul 
Yazigi, and the Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, Bishop John 
Ibrahim to release them and other kidnapped people.  He also called for 
praying to God for protecting the Syrian people and President Bashar 
al-Assad from all harm, asking for mercy upon the martyrs' souls and 
speedy recovery for the injured people.</description>
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      <title>Christian Denominations Hold Prayers for Peace in Syria</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:34:34 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Alexander Nomerkov</dc:creator>
      <description>The Christian denominations in Syria held joint prayers for peace in the country and for the peace of the souls of martyrs.
 
 The participants hoped the Greek
 Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, Bishop Paul Yazigi, and Syriac 
Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, Bishop John Ibrahim, who were kidnapped
 by terrorist group in Aleppo, will be freed soon.
 
 The 
participants stressed that Syria will defeat its enemies, highlighting 
the need to reject Syria's enemies endeavors to ignite sedition and 
separation among the Syrians.
 
 On the occasion, the Greek 
Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and the Syriac Orthodox 
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East issued a statement expressing 
sorrow over the abduction of the two bishops.
 
 The statement 
highlighted that the Christians in this region regret the violence in 
their countries, calling the kidnappers to respect the bishops and 
calling on all sides to put an end to the acts that could ignite 
sectarian discord.
 
 &quot;We call upon the whole world to exert all 
possible efforts as to end the tragedy in Syria so that it can once 
again be a country of amity and co-existence. We call all churches to 
take a stance that rejects all sorts of violence which the persons in 
the East are exposed to,&quot; the statement stipulated.
 
 In Tartous,
 the Christian denominations prayed for Syria to be secure, stable and a
 haven for all oppressed persons. Celebrations included prayers and 
masses only.
 
 In Sweida, Metropolitan of Jabal al-Arab and Horan
 for the Greek Orthodox, Saba Esper, denounced the abduction of bishops 
Yazigi and Ibrahim and all the terrorist acts against the country and 
its people.
 
 In a mass on the occasion of the Palm Sunday, which
 included only prayers and masses, Esper called for putting an end to 
all forms of violence and terrorism in Syria and exerting efforts to 
restore peace through dialogue and political solution.
 
 He stressed the need of consolidating national unity and spreading the values of amity and tolerance among the Syrians.</description>
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      <title>Condemnation of FSA Abduction of Aleppo Archbishops on Palm Sunday</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:10:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and of all the East, John (Yohanna) X Yazigi has strongly condemned the cowardly act undertaken by a &quot;Free Syrian Army&quot; (FSA) terrorist group that involved the kidnapping of two Aleppo archbishops, one of them being his own brother, after killing their driver, a deacon. In his Palm Sunday sermon in the Balamand monastery in northern Lebanon, John X stressed that these acts do not weaken the resolve of the Christians of Syria in remaining citizens of Syria while clinging to their land.

A similar condemnation came from Beirut's archbishop for the Greek Orthodox. So far, the two archbishops remain in the hands of the FSA terrorist group after almost a full week since their abduction.

Source: al-Jadeed TV (Lebanon)</description>
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      <title>Russian Relief Aid Plan Arrives in Damascus.</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:55:02 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>A
 Russian Aircraft carring relief and medical assistance from the Russian
 people to the Syrian people arrived on Sunday in Damascus International
 Airport.  Deputy Chairman of the Palestinian Orthodox Empire Society, 
Co-Chair of the Russian Committee to 
Support the Syrian people , Oleg Fomin, said in a statement to the press
 that Russian social organizations organized donation campaigns to aid 
the Syrian people including relief and medical materials.  Fomin pointed
 out that another batches of assistance will arrive soon to ease the 
effect of the crisis on the Syrian people.  Bishop Isaac Barakat, the 
representative of Patriarch John X Yazigi, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch 
of Antioch and All the East stressed the importance of the society's 
activity in Syria in light of the current situation in supporting the 
Syrian people to overcome the crisis.  For his part, Director of General
 Iftaa Department at the Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowment) 
Alaa-Eddin al-Za'atari thanked the Russian people for their humanitarian
 assistance as it contributes in easing the suffering of the Syrian 
people, asserting that helping the Syrian people is by moving them to 
dialogue not by sending and financing terrorism.

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      <title>Outsiders are killing Syrian People, destroying Churches and mosques - Christian Bishop</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:14:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>AntiPropagaanda</dc:creator>
      <description>Published time: March 26, 2013 15:14
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A person who has no homeland is nothing&quot;, says Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop Luke, an Arab Born in Syria.

His forefathers were Orthodox Christians long before Islam came to this land. We are talking in the Maronite Cathedral in the Old City of Damascus.On October 21, 2012, a car bomb exploded here in the Christian neighbourhood near Bab Tuma gate, killing 13 people. The explosion happened during the UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's visit to Syria. Just like during Obama's visit to the Middle East a suicide bomber killed a prominent Sunni preacher Mohammad al-Buti and his students at the Eman Mosque on March 21.The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch was created two thousand years ago, and is the largest and the most ancient Christian church in the East. All its adherents are Syrian Arabs. The Cathedral was built in the first century AD. Parishes of the Patriarchate can be found all over the world - in the US, South America, Australia, and Europe.

Metropolitan Luke is Speaking Arabic, using the usual Muslim expressions, such as  &quot;insha'Allah&quot; , Which Means  &quot;God willing&quot; ; &quot;ziyarat&quot; , Which stands for  &quot;a pilgrimage to Holy Site&quot; ,  &quot; Alhamdulillah &quot; , Meaning  &quot; to praise God&quot; . He Greets People with   &quot;as-Salam alaykum&quot;  and calls the Muslims HIS Brothers. Metropolitan Luke is the Patriarch's right hand. His area of Responsibility is the Cathedrals of Saidnaya and Maaloula, which have one of the oldest icons in the world. Removing your shoes before entering these cathedrals is a must, just like in a mosque. But it's impossible to get to them now.




Metropolitan Luka

 &quot;Our culture implies no intolerance towards Islam. It's the basic principle of our relations. We call Muslims our cousins,&quot;  says Metropolitan Luke. It's the Orthodox Lent - the time to offer the most sincere prayers of absolution.

 Nadezhda Kevorkova:   Do you think that the events in Syria are a sign of God's wrath? 

 Bishop Luke:  I do not think so. God is love. This is the Holy Land. Saul was christened and took the name Paul here. The burial-place of John the Baptist is here. Ananias lived here, as well as John Damascene. How could God be angry at the believers? And if God is angry, is he really God? What's been happening here is in no way connected to faith. If we are being killed by the outsiders, it doesn't mean that God is angry at us. In our holy country people believe in God, and that's why they want to destroy us. This crime was initiated from outside Syria. Now that Lent has begun we say prayers every day. We are under attack, all of the Syrian people. These people say they act with Syrian people's best interests at heart, but it's not true. We are the Syrian people, and they have been sent to our country from the outside.

 NK:   Do the militants target Orthodox Churches? 

 BL:  They kill people. They do not care about people, about human lives. And that's more important than churches and cathedrals, because if there are no people, there's no need for cathedrals. They do not care about having killed hundreds of our people, let alone destroying churches or mosques. Our churches have been attacked in all provinces. In Saidnaya the monastery was under fire, but, thank God, a miracle happened - the shell landed in the yard, breaking through the wall, but didn't explode. It broke in two, with all the gunpowder in one half of it. If not for this miracle, the shell would've killed 30 orphan girls. I've been there and saw everything. Everywhere - in Harasta, Arbin, Zabadani, Daraa, Aleppo, and around Damascus - our churches and our people have been attacked. They are suffering. Our cathedral in Raqqa has been severely damaged. These outlaws assault parishioners, kidnap and kill priests. Father Fadi Haddad from Qatana was kidnapped and killed when he attempted to rescue his people. They tortured him and killed him. The same happened in Hama. Currently we're trying to rescue the two priests that remain abducted.

 


Metropolitan Luka

 NK:   Why do the militants resent Christians so much? Is it because they serve in the army? 

 BL:  There are people from different communities serving in the Army, all of them citizens of one country. If you look around, you'll see that young Muslims protect the territory of this cathedral and our other churches.

 NK:   Are there any Orthodox Christians in the Opposition? 

 BL:  There are none among the militants. There are two Christians in the National Council in Istanbul, but neither of them has the conscience or moral values of a Christian. One of them, Michel Kilo, has no idea what a church is. Same goes for George Sabra. These are the leaders of the militants who open fire in Christian neighbourhoods and kill priests. Our young generation and the Muslims fight them together. We are ready to die to defend our country and our people.

 NK:   Do Orthodox Christians participate in providing aid? 

 BL:  We have experience in that area, and we set up a special office for that a long time ago, when half a million Iraqi refugees came to Syria after the invasion began in 2003. We work hard to send the refugees food and clothes. At the moment Homs is the place that needs it more than any other.




Damages are seen inside a church in the city of Homs.(Reuters / Yazan Homsy)

 NK:   The grave of Abel, killed by Cain, is in a Mosque in Syria. Are Christians allowed access to it?  


 BL:  This shrine is taken care of by Muslims. Muslims and Christians in Syria are equal in their rights, including the right to pray. We are on the same terms in our country, and we can pray all over Syria, at any sanctuaries. The Umayyad Mosque, which houses a shrine that contains the head of John the Baptist, can be freely attended by Christians, so Orthodox believers go there to pray, although there are no liturgies held there.

There is a minaret right in front of the cathedral - it was erected as a token of Christians' welcoming Muslims in Damascus. This minaret symbolizes peace between us and therefore is called white. All Orthodox holidays, as well as Islamic ones are for everybody - we are used to facilitating each other on them.

 NK:   What are the sentiments within the parishes of the Patriarchate of Antioch in the USA, Canada and Australia? 

 BL:  Metropolitan Philip Heads the parishes there. He is even a bigger patriot of Syria than I am. He works in the best interests of the whole community - the whole Church of Syria. The Supreme Mufti and I were supposed to pay a visit to the USA, but unfortunately he was denied a visa. To express solidarity for him, I decided to call off the trip. There surely can be a couple of people in any parish abroad who have their own views of the situation in Syria. But overall, there are mainly Syrian patriots within the Patriarchate of Antioch all over the world.

 NK:   Is there any pressure exerted on the parishes abroad attempting them towards the position of the West on Syria? 

 BL:  There hasn't been any direct Political pressure so far. But there is pressure and a threat of attack by supporters of the Syrian opposition. Some of our parishioners were beaten. Our female Honorary Consul in Montreal was attacked - her chemist's shop was raided and her husband was beaten. Another attack was on a restaurant owner in Ottawa - for his involvement with the Syrian diaspora.




An interior view of a damaged church in the city of Homs.(Reuters / Yazan Homsy)


 NK:   The ancient city of Antioch is now occupied by Turkey, all the cathedrals and sanctuaries are torn away from Syria and now belong to Turkey and are called Antakya, which is a Turkish province. How does the Church look at this? 


 BL:  I am among the leaders of the campaign for returning Antioch to Syria. Muslims take part in this campaign, too. I really hope we will get it back. We do believe that we will manage to overcome these hardships and will not only return Antioch but will get back other territories to Syria as well. Damascus is running Antioch's cathedrals. Turkish culture is fostered in Arab kids in Turkey from early childhood. They face difficulties in terms of language, studying and praying - children speak Turkish and don't have a command of the language, in which divine service is performed. Basically there is no Orthodoxy in Turkey left, neither are there any cathedrals, sanctuaries or Christians. Russia is the only stronghold of Orthodoxy left.

 Qurans being collected from  a destroyed mosque 

 NK:   How do you Keep in Contact with this Part of the Church, Given the War and Turkey's Involvement with it? 

 BL:  Our patriarch's Metropolitan Pavel Brother serves in Aleppo. The Church commissioned him to go to Antakya on a regular basis and pray there.

 NK:   Are there any Orthodox Palestinians in your Church? 

 BL:  Yes, there are some among our parishioners. We also have two Palestinian priests in Beirut.

 NK:   Can Orthodox believers of Syria go to Jerusalem and Bethlehem as they used to do two thousand years before the establishment of Israel? 



 BL:  We would love to be able to visit our shrines, but we as Christians do not feel like entering the occupied territories. Not a single Syrian priest has ever gone on pilgrimage since 1967. These Lands are oppressed by occupation.

 NK:   The Holy Fire that is lit on Easter's eve has been brought by pilgrims from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to all Orthodox Churches for centuries. Is it brought to Antioch Church as well? 

 BL:  Earlier it was brought to us via Jordan, but we haven't had such an opportunity during the past two years - pilgrims fail to bring the Holy Fire to us.

 

The Armenian St. Kevork Church (Saint George) is seen in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.(AFP Photo / STR)The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.</description>
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      <title>Suspect Confesses To &lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;Antioch&lt;/span&gt; Woman's Dragging Death</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:01:36 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description>ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Antioch Police announced Tuesday evening that the suspect who had been detained as a person of interest in the early morning dragging death of a 40-year-old Antioch woman has confessed to the crime.
T he Contra Costa County coroner's office on Wednesday identified the victim as Shelly Baker.
Baker, 47, was killed after allegedly getting into a fight with Lucio Rivera-Avila, 51, of Brentwood, shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to police.
Police said the two were acquaintances and that fight occurred as they sat in his Nissan Frontier truck in the parking lot of a store at 1725 Cavallo Road.
Baker, who is a transient, exited the truck and was walking away when the vehicle shot forward and hit her &quot;extremely hard,&quot; Antioch police Lt. Leonard Orman said.
Video surveillance footage shows the woman becoming airborne then being dragged by the truck before it drove away, Orman said.
Officers found Baker in the roadway seriously wounded. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said.
Rivera-Avila was arrested later Tuesday on suspicion of killing her.
The arrest came when, shortly after the incident, two detectives noticed a silver, four-door Nissan Frontier that matched the description of the suspect vehicle parked less than a mile from where the woman was hit, Orman said.
Nobody was in the truck when the detectives first went up to it, but Rivera-Avila soon approached the detectives and began talking to them.
He agreed to have the vehicle towed and go in for questioning, and he later allegedly admitted to hitting Baker and was arrested around noon that day, police said.
Orman said police are still investigating what prompted the fight between Baker and Rivera-Avila, who is originally from El Salvador but had been in the U.S. for about 20 years.
Rivera-Avila said he is here legally, but police plan to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to report the arrest, Orman said.
Rivera-Avila was convicted in 1994 of felony assault with a deadly weapon in San Francisco, Orman said.
Investigators found a gun in Rivera-Avila's home, which he was not permitted to have because of his conviction.
The Police Department is asking anyone with information about Rivera-Avila or the hit-and-run to come forward.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Antioch police Detective Mike Mellone at (925) 779-6930.
Baker was Antioch's 10th homicide victim of the year, Orman said.

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      <title>Antakya (Turkey) Pro-Syria government mass demonstartion 01/09</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:52:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>People of Antakya (Antioch) in Turkey demonstrate against the imperialism attack against Syria. They disagree with the support of the FSA by Prime Minister Erdogan and the turkish government. They also condemned the setting up of bases on Turkey's soil to train terrorists under the direct supervision of the US in order to support the FSA. The development came after revelations about the smuggling of arms to anti-government terrorist groups in Syria via the US Air Base in Incirlik in Southern Turkey sparked popular protests in the country. 

A poll between May 5 and June 5 conducted by the &amp;quot;Center for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies&amp;quot; (EDAM), an Istanbul-based think-tank, showed that a majority of the Turkish people are against their country's intervention in Syria. According to the poll, as much as 57% of the 1,500 participants in the survey expressed their opposition to the Turkish government's 
intervention in Syria's internal affairs, and said they favored a diplomatic solution to the Syrian crisis. The poll representing a cross section of the urban and rural population above the age of 18. The cities which were included in the survey: Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Diyarbakir, Manisa, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Izmir, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Konya, Icel, Samsun, Zonguldak, Denizli, Malatya.



The EDAM poll
http://www.edam.org.tr/document/Edam2012Survey2.pdf</description>
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      <title>Robber's gun misfires 3 times allowing victim to escape</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:57:51 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wyseguy67</dc:creator>
      <description>ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) -- 
An Antioch man still can't believe what happened to him in front of his 
own home. He not only lived through it, he has also seen the 
surveillance video. The man described the incident that could have 
turned the armed robbery in to a murder. 	
 When Eric Gilbert pulled into his  driveway  before 3 a.m. Friday, he was greeted by a hooded man pointing a gun at him. 


&quot;Then I looked up, a guy was right there with a gun in my face. He said 
basically, 'Break yourself, give me everything you have,' and I 
complied. I gave him my wallet and he pulled the trigger and it locked 
up and it clicked,&quot; said Gilbert. 
&quot;He again squeezed the trigger and at that point I put the key into the 
lock, trying to get into the door, he squeezed the trigger again, and I 
opened the door, I ran in, I closed the door, locked it,&quot; said Gilbert.Source:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&amp;amp;id=8712720
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      <title>Map of structures in Jaycee lee Dugards compound</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:14:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>courtesy of Sky news Kidnap Compound

11:26am UK, Saturday August 29, 2009
New pictures have revealed the horrendous conditions in the hidden compound at the home of Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnapper, Phillip Garrido.

The following numbers correspond to the points marked on the photographs:

1 - Tarpaulin tents cover the toilet area in the cordoned off section of garden in Antioch, California.

2 - The outdoor shower reportedly used by the three girls.

3 - A ramshackle wooden structure is thought to have been used for storage.

4 - A plastic swimming pool sits empty of water and covered in leaves.

5 - A children's yellow slide.

6 - A teddy bear lies on a trampoline.


7 - A fence separates the secret compound from rest of the garden.

8 - This white shed was reportedly sound-proofed.

9 - Another shed makes up what is believed to be the cramped sleeping area for Jaycee and her daughters.

10 - Trees prevent neighbours from seeing into this part of Garrido's garden.

11 - Some of the tents and sheds are visible from this side of the property.</description>
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      <title>Police protect citizens from King Arthur and his knights</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:12:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Nurb</dc:creator>
      <description>Bomb disposal experts failed to see the funny side when when they rushed to disarm a suspicious object only for it to be the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch made famous by Monty Python.

Police evacuated several buildings, cordoned off a street and called in explosives specialists after water company workers stumbled on the film prop under a fire hydrant cover in Shoreditch, east London.

But the dangerous-looking weapon turned out to be the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch that featured in the 1975 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail.

Officers had evacuated a pub and another building, while office staff in another building were stopped from leaving.

But when the bomb squad arrived, they quickly established there was no danger and the street was declared safe.

In the film, the grenade was used to slaughter a killer rabbit. Python actor Eric Idle had filmgoers in stitches as he said: 'Oh Lord. Bless this hand grenade, that with it thou mayest blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.'

Alberto Romanelli, who owns the Windmill pub nearby, said the police action in ordering his pub to be evacuated had been as ridiculous as the film scene.

'They evacuated the pub while they were doing X-rays and stuff,' he said. 

'It all lasted about 45 minutes before they decided it was nothing - which I thought was pretty obvious from the start. I lost a good hour's worth of business.'

Emma Eve, a training centre receptionist, said: 'It was scary. They wouldn't let us out of the building.' Office worker Graham White said: 'The situation was nearly as crazy as the film.'

Former Python Michael Palin, who appeared in the film, said: 'Our Holy Hand Grenade was fictional and there were no plans for creating one. We don't want to add to the armaments of the world.'

An police spokeswoman said: 'There was no danger to the public. The device is believed to be an object known as a Holy Hand Grenade.' 

Copies of the prop can be bought on the internet for lb14 or you can make your own by following the instructions in a five-minute video on YouTube.

In the film, before the grenade is used, Idle says: 'And the Lord spake, saying, &quot;First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less.

'&quot;Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.

'&quot;Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it. Amen.&quot;'</description>
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