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Pope's condition improving

VATICAN CITY: Pope John Paul II's condition is improving and he has not suffered any more breathing spasms, the Vatican said on Thursday, adding that the 84-year-old pontiff spent a peaceful night in the hospital where he was rushed earlier this week with problems brought on by the flu. The Papal spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, said the Vatican would not issue another medical bulletin until noon on Friday. The Holy See has said the Pope would spend a few more days at the Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital after being admitted late on Tuesday. ``The Pope has rested well'' with no repeat of the breathing spasms that sent him to the hospital, Navarro-Valls said. ``He rested well all night, and the laboratory tests that were made give a satisfactory result.'' — AP

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