Turkish state prosecutors have set a date in 2010 for the release from jail of the man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
Mehmet Ali Agca (48) was briefly freed from jail earlier this month, triggering a storm of protest in Turkey where he had been serving a sentence for the killing of a newspaper editor in the 1970s and also for robbery.
Agca will not now be released until January 18th, 2010
Last Friday, Turkey's Supreme Court ordered that Agca return to jail, saying it was too early for him to walk free.