Iraqi officials say a car bomb has exploded at a funeral in Baghdad, killing at least 35 people, VOA reports. The blast Thursday in a mainly Shi’ite area of the capital also wounded at least 65 others.
Posts Tagged ‘funeral’
Dennis Hopper Daughter Missed Funeral
June 8th, 2010 |
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Dennis Hopper’s youngest daughter was forced to miss the acting legend’s funeral last week because of the furious battle over her father’s estate.Galen Grier, seven, was not present when the Hoosiers star was laid to rest in Taos, New Mexico. Hopper had been locked in a bitter divorce with Galen’s mother, his fifth wife Victoria [...]
Klaus criticizes EU leaders over Kaczynski funeral
April 19th, 2010 |
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Czech President Vaclav Klaus slammed EU officials for failing to attend the funeral of Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski and his wife in Krakow on Sunda “The fact that no one from Brussels has shown up seems inexcusable to me,” Klaus told the public service Czech Television in an interview after arriving in the southern Polish city by train and car.
Tadić won’t be attending Polish president’s funeral
April 18th, 2010 |
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Serbian President Boris Tadić will not be attending the funeral of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. Tadić had to call off his attendance because of the ban on air travel in Serbia and the region, according to his office.
Poland holds funeral for late President, first lady
April 18th, 2010 |
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Poland’s southern city of Krakow is holding a state funeral Sunday for late President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. The leader and his wife were among 96 people killed in a plane crash in Russia April 10.
Death at Funeral Now On
April 17th, 2010 |
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A commemorative plaque service for a family patriarch goes awfully askew, starting with the rescue of the wrong unbendable and ending of a naked guy. This may sound dreadfully well-known, & on the way to anyone who saw Death at a Funeral three years back.
When the funny side was a plummeting British farce set in [...]
Tadić to attend Polish president’s funeral
April 16th, 2010 |
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Serbian President Boris Tadić will attend the funeral of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski on April 18 in Krakow. Kaczynski and his wife, who were killed last week in a plane crash in Russia, will be laid to rest at the Wawel cathedral in Krakow.
S.M. Krishna to attend Polish president’s funeral
April 15th, 2010 |
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Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will head the Indian delegation that will attend the funeral ceremony of President Lech Kaczynski who was killed Saturday in an air crash in Russia.
World leaders, including President Barack Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are expected to gather in Krakow, [...]
Shaq Pays For Shaniya Davis Funeral
November 27th, 2009 |
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Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal picked up the tab for the funeral of Shaniya Davis after being moved by national news coverage about the 5-year-old North Carolina girl police say was sold into child prostitution by her mother, The Associated Press reports.
Authorities believe Shaniya was kidnapped, raped and murdered after being reported missing Nov. 10. Her [...]
Shaq Pays For Shaniya Davis Funeral
November 27th, 2009 |
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Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal picked up the tab for the funeral of Shaniya Davis after being moved by national news coverage about the 5-year-old North Carolina girl police say was sold into child prostitution by her mother, The Associated Press reports.
Authorities believe Shaniya was kidnapped, raped and murdered after being reported missing Nov. 10. Her [...]
“Patriarch’s death reveals people want modest leadershipâ€
November 23rd, 2009 |
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The funeral of Patriarch Pavle showed that the people want their leaders to show humility and modesty in these tough times, a B92 TV talk show heard. Political science professor and historian Slobodan B. Marković said that the funeral of the late head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) last week was “one of the four largest in the past 100 years in Serbia”, counting the funerals of King Aleksandar, Yugoslav President Josip Broz and assassinated Prime Minister Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić.
Massive crowd gathers for patriarch’s funeral
November 19th, 2009 |
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More than 600,000 people gathered in Belgrade this Thursday for the funeral ceremonies of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle, police said. The spiritual leader of the Serb Orthodox Christians was laid to rest this afternoon at the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Rakovica, near Belgrade, next to Patriarch Dimitrije, who headed the Serb Church from 1920 until 1930.
Kosovo Serbs organize to attend funeral
November 19th, 2009 |
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Several local administrations and organizations financed by the Serbian government have organized the arrival of Serbs from Kosovo to Patriarch Pavle’s funeral. A large number of Kosovo Serbs was set to leave last night from GraÄanica and the enclave’s surrounding villages.
Govt.: Paid day off for patriarch’s funeral
November 17th, 2009 |
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The government is asking employers to allow all workers in Serbia to take a paid day off on the day of His Holiness Patriarch Pavle’s funeral. The late head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), who passed away on Sunday, will be laid to rest on Thursday, November 19 at 13:00 CET in the Rakovica monastery, according to police (MUP).
Details of funeral preparations revealed
November 17th, 2009 |
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His Holiness Patriarch Pavle will be laid to rest on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 13:00 CET, at the grounds of the Rakovica monastery. This was revealed on Monday after a meeting of a Church committee set up to organize the funeral of the leader of the Serb Orthodox Christians, who passed away on Sunday in Belgrade.
Venice holds mock funeral
November 15th, 2009 |
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It was the scene of Thomas Mann’s famous work, “Death in Venice” but now Venetians have held a mock funeral to highlight the Italian city’s sinking population. Carrying a coffin through Venice’s historic canals the event’s organizers say the watered city has become a ghost town, flooded with tourists.
MJ’s funeral ‘cost nearly $1m’ MJ’s funeral ‘cost nearly $1m’
November 11th, 2009 |
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Michael Jackson’’s private family funeral had a price tag of roughly 1 million dollars, according to court documents.
In September, Jackson’’s estate petitioned the court to approve the immediate release of the funds from the King of Pop’’s fortune to pay for the proceedings, reports People.
As per the paperwork, 855,730 dollars was owed to Forest [...]
Ronan Keating’s emotional speech at Stephen Gately’s funeral
October 19th, 2009 |
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Ronan Keating couldn’t stop himself from shedding tears, while he gave an emotional speech during the funeral of his Boyzone bandmate Stephen Gately.
The ‘Rollercoaster’ hitmaker said that he had lost his “wing man†but that heaven had found “a perfect angelâ€.
“He was a beautiful man who was the perfect angel, forever young and never forgotten. [...]