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A Turkish court has approved the release of Agca, saying he has completed his prison term, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006.

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Description: File photo - Pope John Paul II converses with his would-be assassin, Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca, in Agca's Rebibbia prison cell in Rome on Dec. 27, 1983. A Turkish court has approved the release of Agca, saying he has completed his prison term, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006.
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Description: File photo - Pope John Paul II (C) lies bleeding in his open car moments after he was shot by Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca in St. Peter's Square in this May 13, 1981. Agca, the man who shot and seriously wounded the Pope in 1981, will be freed from prison this month, the Anatolian state news agency said on January 8, 2006.
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Description: File photo - Pope John Paul II sitting in his bed at the Policlinico Gemelli hospital in Rome after he was wounded in St. Peter's square by his would-be assassin Mehemet Ali Agca on May 13, 1981. A Turkish court has approved the release of the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, saying he completed his sentence for crimes he committed in Turkey, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Mehmet Ali Agca, 47, was extradited to Turkey in 2000 after serving almost 20 years in prison in Italy for shooting and wounding the pope in St. Peter's Square in Rome. His motives for the attack remain unclear. Agca was expected to be released as early as Monday, Anatolia added.
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