Posts Tagged ‘cemetery’

BLAST AT CEMETERY IN DAGESTAN KILLS THREE

Friday, November 13, 2009 11:23

Three people were killed in an explosion at a village cemetery in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday, a police spokesman said. "Three people were killed when a homemade explosive device went off at a cemetery in the village of Gubden," the spokesman said.

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BLAST AT CEMETERY IN DAGESTAN KILLS THREE

Friday, November 13, 2009 11:23

Three people were killed in an explosion at a village cemetery in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday, a police spokesman said. "Three people were killed when a homemade explosive device went off at a cemetery in the village of Gubden," the spokesman said.

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KOSOVO: SERBS FIND MINE AT CEMETERY

Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:24

An AP mine was removed from a village cemetery, after local Serbs from Staro Gracko in Kosovo reported finding in on Saturday. Kosovo police, KPS, told Tanjug news agency that KFOR's teams disarmed the device found at the Orthodox cemetery.

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KOSOVO SERBS FIND DESECRATED CEMETERY

Monday, August 3, 2009 9:33

Several hundred Serbs from Vučitrn in Kosovo yesterday visited the graves of their loved ones for the first time in ten years. The Serbs were forced to leave their homes in great numbers during the war in 1999, and left the graveyard intact.

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EYEWITNESS IRAN

Friday, July 31, 2009 19:44

Three Iranians describe police attempts to break up demonstrations at a cemetery in Tehran, 40 days after the death of Neda Agha-Soltan - the young woman who has become a symbol of the opposition cause in Iran.Ahmed, Tehran, via telephoneI was at the memorial event for Neda at the Behesht-e ...

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HUMAN BONE FOUND AT ANOTHER CHICAGO-AREA CEMETERY

Sunday, July 26, 2009 1:59

Another suburban Chicago cemetery has become the center of investigation after a human bone was found by a worker from an outside company.

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BODIES MOVED FROM CEMETERY IN CROSSHAIRS OF O’HARE EXPANSION

Thursday, July 23, 2009 16:02

The only thing standing in the way of new runways at O'Hare were remains at St. Johannes Cemetery. After months of runaround, cemetery officials have finally allowed remains to be moved. ...

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BURR OAK CEMETERY RECONSECRATED BY RELIGIOUS LEADERS

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 22:45

ALSIP, Ill. (AP) -- Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders have gathered in prayer to reconsecrate the grounds at a suburban Chicago cemetery where four former workers allegedly dug up and reburied bodies so they could resell burial plots. D...

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BURR OAK UPDATE: COOK COUNTY TO SUE CEMETERY OWNERS, OVER 200 BONES FOUND

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 0:24

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to sue the owners of a historic black cemetery in suburban Chicago to recover the cost of an investigation of an alleged scheme to dig up graves and resell the plots. The ...

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BURR OAK CEMETERY OPENING ONLINE RECORDS DATABASE

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 16:33

ALSIP, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities plan to give the public access to a searchable online database of nearly 100,000 graves at the historic black cemetery where four people are accused of digging up graves to resell the plots. The Cook County she...

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BURR OAK OFFICIAL: SHERIFF EXAGGERATED CRIME, BONES DIDN’T LITTER CEMETERY

Monday, July 20, 2009 1:13

A war of words began Saturday as those who run Burr Oak Cemetery fired back at Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. Cemetery authorities say the sheriff has been overstating the size and scope of problems at Burr Oak. ...

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QUINN FORMS CEMETERY TASK FORCE IN WAKE OF BURR OAK (VIDEO)

Friday, July 17, 2009 1:01

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has formed an oversight task force for the state's cemeteries as authorities continue to investigate a historic black graveyard in suburban Chicago where bodies were allegedly dug up and the plots resold...

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IDENTIFYING THE THOUSANDS OF ‘JUMBLED BONES’ AT BURR OAK CEMETERY NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE: EXPERTS

Friday, July 17, 2009 0:45

CHICAGO — Human remains strewn amid overgrown weeds have deteriorated into jumbled bones. Paper records in a rusted metal cabinet have dissolved into dust. Days after horrified relatives learned that former workers at a historic black c...

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EMMETT TILL’S CASKET COULD BE MOVED TO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM FROM DESECRATED CEMETERY

Friday, July 17, 2009 0:26

Emmett Till's glass-topped casket that showed evidence of his death by lynching in 1955 turned up last week in the storage shed of an Alsip cemetery embroiled in a grave reselling scheme. ...

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ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY SCANDAL: SOME HEADSTONES DON’T MATCH RECORDS FOR BODIES, IRAQ VETS’ MEMORABILIA TRASHED

Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:49

An elegant white sign at Arlington National Cemetery informs visitors they are inside "our nation's most sacred shrine." Run under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army, Arlington is the final resting place of John and Robert Kennedy, Supreme Cour...

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STATE SUES BURR OAK AS SHERIFF ASKS THIRD PARTY TO RUN DESECRATED CEMETERY (SLIDESHOW)

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:39

Saying that his office is overwhelmed having assumed virtual responsibility for managing Burr Oak Cemetery, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart asked a civil court for an emergency order appointing someone to run the desecrated graveyard. "I have be...

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EMMETT TILL’S OLD CASKET MOVED FROM BURR OAK AS CIVIL RIGHTS ICON IS CATALYST ONCE AGAIN

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 0:59

CHICAGO — When his mother put the battered body of 14-year-old Emmett Till in the ground more than 50 years ago, it was supposed to be the end of a sad saga for the boy whose lynching became a rallying point for ...

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FOUR ACCUSED OF ILLINOIS CEMETERY SCAM

Saturday, July 11, 2009 19:36

Four cemetery workers allegedly dug up more than 100 corpses in order to resell the graves

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