By LONDON - Police raided a garbage depot and arrested street cleaners in a suspected terror plot against Pope Benedict XVI on Friday. Undeterred, the pontiff stuck to his message, reaching across Britain's religious and secular divide to demand a greater role for faith in public life.. Despite the six arrests, the pope did not alter a schedule rich in symbolism in this officially Protestant country with a history of anti-Catholicism: He prayed with the Archbishop of Canterbury and became the first pope to worship in Westminster Abbey.. Five of the suspects were street cleaners arrested at a garbage depot in central London and a sixth was picked up later in the day.. All six were arrested "on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism." Police said they ranged in age from 26 to 50, and media reports said some were Algerian, though authorities would not confirm that.. Police said they received information about a potential threat against the pope overnight, prompting the arrests under Britain's Terrorism Act. All six were being questioned and had not been formally charged.. The street cleaners worked for a contractor on behalf of Westminster Council, the authority responsible for much of central London.. There have been no known plots against Benedict in his five-year papacy.
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Out East Show: Shrine of Our Lady of the Island, Browder's Birds & Sheep Shearing, and Bennett Shellfish in Montauk NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes you to a few special places 'Out East'
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