Funeral News
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Bucharest -
Bucharest declared a national day of mourning Saturday as a funeral was held for Anne of Romania, wife of the country's former king, who died this month aged 92."We are turning a page on history.
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Cairo -
Nobel prize-winning Egyptian-American chemist Ahmed Zewail was given a state funeral with military honours on Sunday in Cairo attended by Egypt's president and top officials.
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Istanbul -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broke down in tears while speaking at the funeral of an old friend in Istanbul killed during the coup, images from Turkish television showed.
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Hundreds of people paid a final tribute to a policeman and his partner who were buried in southern France on Monday after being knifed to death by an extremist.
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Lahore -
The husband of a 16-year-old Pakistani girl who was murdered by her family for marrying him vowed Thursday to do whatever it took to get justice for his young wife.
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Louisville -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend the public memorial service for boxing legend Muhammad Ali on Friday in Louisville, a spokesman for Ali's family said Monday.
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Washington -
US President Barack Obama is weighing whether to attend the public memorial services for boxing legend Muhammad Ali later this week in Louisville, the Kentucky city's mayor Greg Fischer told AFP on Sunday.
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Tindouf -
Mohamed Abdelaziz, leader of the Western Sahara independence movement Polisario Front who died of lung cancer this week, was buried on Saturday in the disputed territory.
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Diyarbakir -
Turkey on Tuesday buried over a dozen victims of a massive blast in its southeast last week that killed 16 people when a truck laden with explosives by Kurdish militants planning a major attack detonated prematurely.
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Brussels -
More than 2,000 mourners packed into Brussels' largest mosque Friday to pay their last respects to a young Belgian-Moroccan mum who was killed in the March 22 terror attacks on the city, Belgian media reported.
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Kabul -
"It was God's will," says Mohammed Ashraf, a tear rolling down his weathered face as he looks at the lifeless bodies of five male relatives, brought back to Kabul after they drowned trying to reach Europe.
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Ba'quba -
A suicide bomber struck a Shiite funeral northeast of Baghdad Monday, killing at least 24 people, including militia commanders, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said.
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Cairo -
Egypt's political and religious elite turned out Thursday for the funeral of former UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who steered the world body through several global conflicts during one of its toughest periods.
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Lausanne -
Some of the world's most famous restaurateurs joined around 1,500 mourners Friday at the Swiss funeral of star chef Benoit Violier, who killed himself last weekend.
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Havana -
As deacon at a Cuban cemetery, Miguel Pons has the difficult task of consoling the bereaved -- and calming their anger when the coffins break.
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Hebron -
Thousands of Palestinians gathered Saturday in Hebron to bury 14 men whose bodies had been held by Israel after being killed carrying out attacks.
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Istanbul -
Supporters of a Turkish ultra-left movement clashed with police on Wednesday at the funeral of two female radicals killed by security forces in an Istanbul shootout, an AFP photographer said.
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San Bernardino -
Jennifer Thalasinos said her final goodbye to husband Nick at his funeral where Messianic Jewish singing and dancing celebrated life beyond the act of terrorism.
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Erbil -
Hundreds of people attended a funeral ceremony Wednesday for an Iraqi family that drowned in the Aegean Sea last month while attempting to reach the shores of Europe.
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Baghdad -
Attacks targeting Shiites in Baghdad, including a suicide bombing at a funeral in a mosque, killed at least 19 people Friday, security and medical officials said.
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Berlin -
Former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt will be given a state funeral on November 23 in his native port city of Hamburg, the interior ministry announced Thursday.
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Ilova -
Numb with grief, a young woman wept and called for her mother at a funeral in a small village in northwestern Russia for one of the victims of the plane crash in Egypt.
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Velikiy Novgorod -
Russia on Thursday began to bury the first victims of the plane crash in Egypt as Britain and the United States said the jet might have been brought down by a bomb.
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Mytilene -
Since the start of the summer, the Greek island of Lesbos has assumed notoriety as the main gateway into Europe for thousands of desperate refugees.
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Yildiz -
The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy whose drowning off Turkey shocked the world buried his son, another child and his wife in an emotional funeral in Kobane on Friday.
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Istanbul -
A Turkish soldier whose brother was killed in an attack by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants launched a stinging attack Sunday on the government's "anti-terror" campaign at his funeral.
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Istanbul -
Turkish police and protesters engaged in violent clashes on Wednesday at the funeral of a senior Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) figure killed a day earlier, reports said.
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Gaziantep -
Crying and shouting slogans against jihadists, relatives of the victims of the suicide bombing on Turkey's border with Syria clutched their coffins in a desperate farewell Tuesday.
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Cairo -
Cinema legend Omar Sharif, who will be forever remembered as the eponymous "Doctor Zhivago", will be buried Sunday in his native Egypt after a funeral service at a Cairo mosque.
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Ankara -
Turkey paid homage Friday to former president and prime minister Suleyman Demirel, with a state funeral for a national political giant who died this week aged 90.
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Funeral Image
Official photographs of King Tupuo V and his cortege Tonga Government portal
Funeral service for Constable Garrett Styles special permission from Richard Bloom, managing editor City TV
Funeral service for Constable Garrett Styles special permission from Richard Bloom, managing editor City TV
Scene from short film Reflexions TIFF
Jack Layton's last ride. CP24 screen capture used with permission
Funeral service for Constable Garrett Styles special permission from Richard Bloom, managing editor City TV
San Bernardino R. Carey and his wife attended Nick's funeral
Funeral service for Constable Garrett Styles special permission from Richard Bloom, managing editor City TV
Official photographs of King Tupuo V and his cortege Tonga Government portal
Jack Remembered Flag Half Staff Parliament Hill
Pastor Vincent and his wife stand beneath photos of Jennifer and Nick Thalasinos
Jack Layton's last ride. CP24 screen capture used with permission
Funeral service for Constable Garrett Styles special permission from Richard Bloom, managing editor City TV
Jack Layton's last ride. CP24 screen capture used with permission
Funeral service for Constable Garrett Styles special permission from Richard Bloom, managing editor City TV
series of tweets by Margie Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church urging pickets outside funeral of Sage Stallone
Jack Layton's last ride. CP24 screen capture used with permission
Iraq US casualty Film: Prosecution of an American President
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