Friday evening's English news from Vatican Radio has some features about Pope John Paul and the Middle East. First, the Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Peter Sfeir celebrated a Divine Liturgy on Thursday night as part of the Novendiales, and speaks about the late Holy Father's love for the Eastern Churches. Then VR presents a look at the Pope's efforts for peace in the Holy Land and interviews the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah. Audio is online through the World Radio Network: select the English show for Friday at 1950 UTC.
That's why I think the Conclave could elect someone from the East...not Eastern Europe again (with the possible exception of the Ukraine) but rather the middle east or the far east...