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Benetton withdraws pope-imam kiss ad after protest

VATICAN CITY: The Benetton clothing company has withdrawn an ad showing Pope Benedict XVI kissing a top Egyptian imam on the lips after the Vatican denounced it as an unacceptable provocation. Benetton had said its UNHATE campaign launched yesterday is aimed at fostering tolerance and global love. The campaigns fake photos show a half-dozen purported political nemeses in lip-locked embraces, including President Barack Obama and Venezuelas Hugo Chavez, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The photo of the pope had been on the companys website all day but was pulled about an hour after the Vaticans protest. A Benetton spokesman confirmed to The Associated Press that the pope ad is no longer part of the campaign.

                                                                                                               
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