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[IndependentOnline: 2010-03-10]

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The White House on Wednesday offered its deepest condolences following the death of Sunni Islam"s top cleric - who last year hosted President Barack Obama"s landmark speech to the Muslim world. Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, 81, died of a heart attack earlier on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia. "We express our deepest condolences on the passing of Egyptian cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi," said White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs in a state. . .
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