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ISRAEL OPENS NEW HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

Turkish Minister of Justice Cemil Cicek addresses a special assembly commemorating the inauguration of the new museum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial March 16, 2005 in Jerusalem. Cicek is flanked by the Vatican's Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, left, and Slovenian Minister of education and Sport Dr. Milan Zver. (UPI Photo/David Silverman/POOL)

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