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Sierra Leone |
Burials for Sierra Leone mudslide victims |
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| Jul.1 |
France |
Merkel: We must guard Helmut Kohl's legacy |
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| Jun.18 |
Portugal |
Portugal forest fires: Three days of mourning for 61 victims |
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| Jun.16 |
 West Germany |
German reunification architect Helmut Kohl dies at 87 
Ex-chancellor and architect of reunification in 1990 led Germany for 16 years. He is credited with bringing East and West Germany together
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Tehran |
Iran's ex-President Rafsanjani dies at 82 |
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| Dec.3 |
Cuba |
Crowds pay last respects to Fidel Castro in Santiago |
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| Nov.26 |
Cuba |
Cuba plunged into mourning for ex-leader |
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| Nov.25 |
 Cuba |
Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90 Map of Havana Cuba Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, his brother has said
| Fidel ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost 50 years before Raul took over in 2008. He was accused of suppressing opposition. There would now be several days of national mourning
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| Oct.13 |
 Bangkok |
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej Dies at 88 Bhumibol took over after World War II and led Thailand for the past 70 years; he was the modern world's longest-reigning living monarch
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| Sep.30 |
Jerusalem |
Shimon Peres funeral: Leaders hail legacy of former Israeli leader |
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| Sep.27 |
Tel Aviv |
Former Israeli PM Shimon Peres dies
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| Sep.2 |
Uzbekistan |
Uzbekistan strongman leader Islam Karimov died |
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| Aug.26 |
Italy |
Italy earthquake: Day of national mourning for victims |
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| Mar.6 |
Washington |
Nancy Reagan death: President Obama leads tributes |
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| Feb.16 |
Cairo |
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former UN head, dies at 93
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| Feb.13 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Antonin Scalia, conservative US Supreme Court justice, dies
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| Dec.29 |
North Korea |
North Korea official Kim Yang-gon killed in car crash |
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| Mar.28 |
Singapore |
Lee Kuan Yew: Singapore holds for funeral procession |
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| Mar.22 |
 Singapore |
Singaporeans mourn death of founding father Lee Kuan Yew 
The government announced that Lee, 91, 'passed away peacefully' early Monday at a Singapore hospital
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| Jan.22 |
 Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died in hospital. He was the fifth of his brothers to take the throne and became king in 2005
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| Dec.10 |
West Bank |
Palestinian minister died at protest |
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| Oct.4 |
Haiti |
Former Haiti president Duvalier dies |
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| Aug.13 |
Sao Paulo |
Brazilian presidential candidate among those killed in plane crash
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| Jul.23 |
Netherlands |
MH17 victims arrive in Netherlands
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| Jul.4 |
Jerusalem |
Crowds flock to E Jerusalem funeral |
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| Apr.17 |
Mexico |
Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies |
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| Jan.13 |
Southern Israel |
Burial service held for Ariel Sharon |
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| Jan.12 |
Jerusalem |
Israelis line up to pay last respects to Ariel Sharon |
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| Jan.11 |
 Tel Aviv |
Israel's former PM Ariel Sharon dies Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died aged 85 after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke
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South Africa |
Mandela buried at ancestral home |
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| Dec.10 |
Johannesburg |
Obama pays tribute at Mandela memorial |
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| Dec.7 |
South Africa |
S Africa 'day of prayer' for Mandela |
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| Dec.6 |
Johannesburg |
South Africa and world mourn Mandela |
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| Dec.5 |
 Johannesburg |
South Africa's Nelson Mandela dies | South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. He South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison f... | |
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Vietnam |
Legendary Vietnam General and Ho Chi Minh disciple dies at 102 |
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| May.18 |
Karachi |
Pakistani politician is shot dead |
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| Apr.17 |
London |
Last respects paid to Lady Thatcher |
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| Apr.8 |
 London |
Margaret Thatcher dead at 87 Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a towering figure in postwar British and world politics and the only woman to become British prime...
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| Mar.23 |
London |
Russian tycoon Berezovsky dies |
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| Mar.5 |
 Venezuela |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies | A deeply divided Venezuela is mourning its late leader and preparing to pick a new president to replace him. Venezuelan officials called for peace and unity after the death, emphasizing in state T... | |
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New Delhi |
Delhi rape victim's funeral held |
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| Dec.28 |
Singapore |
Woman gang-raped in India dies A 23-year-old Indian woman, whose gang-rape aboard a bus in New Delhi spawned days of mass protests across India, has died
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| Oct.21 |
U. S. Midwest |
Nixon's challenger McGovern dies |
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| Oct.14 |
Beijing |
Cambodia's ex-King Sihanouk dies |
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| Sep.2 |
South Korea |
'Moonies' founder dies aged 92 |
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| Aug.25 |
Ohio |
US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies
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| Aug.20 |
Ethiopia |
Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi dies |
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| Mar.18 |
Cairo |
Thousands mourn Egypt's Coptic Pope |
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| Mar.17 |
 Egypt |
Egypt Coptic Christian Pope dies Pope Shenouda III has died at the age of 88, state television has announced. Coptic Christians make up 10% of Egypt's 80 million population
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| Dec.28 |
North Korea |
Kim Jong-il state funeral held in N. Korea
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| Dec.27 |
North Korea |
Mourners fill Pyongyang streets for Kim |
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| Dec.25 |
North Korea |
South Korean delegation enters North |
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| Dec.18 |
 North Korea |
N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies | North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69, state-run television in an emotional statement has announced. The announcer, wearing black, said he had died of physical and mental over-work. He has been the dictator of the communist country since the death of his father Kim ... | |
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Czech Republic |
Czech statesman Vaclav Havel dies |
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| Nov.11 |
Mexico |
Mexican interior minister killed in crash |
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| Oct.25 |
Libya |
Gadhafi buried along with son |
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| Mar.1 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan minorities minister 'shot dead' |
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| Apr.18 |
Poland |
Poles hold funeral for president |
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| Apr.10 |
 Russia |
Polish president died in plane crash Map of Smolensk Russia Tupolev 154, carrying Lech Kaczynski, has crashed near a Russian airport. 87 people were killed; there were no survivors
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| Dec.19 |
Iran |
Dissident Grand Ayatollah Montazeri dies |
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| Aug.25 |
Massachusetts |
Senator Edward Kennedy, 77, dies
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| Jul.31 |
Philippines |
Corazon Aquino dies |
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| May.22 |
South Korea |
Ex-S Korea leader 'kills himself'
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| Oct.10 |
Austria |
Haider dies in accident |
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| May.24 |
Colombia |
FARC leader dead |
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| Jan.26 |
Jakarta |
Former President Suharto dies at 86 |
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| Jul.22 |
Kabul |
Former king Zahir Shah dies |
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| Apr.23 |
Moscow |
Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies
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| Dec.26 |
Southern California |
Gerald Ford dies |
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| Dec.20 |
Turkmenistan |
President Niyazov dies aged 66 |
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| Dec.10 |
 Chile |
General Pinochet dead Chilean TV reports: The 91-year-old former military leader Augusto Pinochet has died at a Santiago military hospital
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| Nov.5 |
Turkey |
Ex-PM Ecevit dies at 81 |
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| Oct.31 |
South Africa |
Botha, bastion of white rule, dies |
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| Mar.18 |
Serbia |
Milosevic buried in his home town |
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| Mar.11 |
 Hague |
Milosevic found dead in cell Former Yugoslav President has been found dead in Hague where he was being tried on war crimes charges
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| Jan.21 |
Kosovo |
President Rugova dies at 61 |
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| Oct.24 |
Detroit |
Civil rights icon Parks dies |
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| Sep.3 |
Virginia |
Chief Justice Rehnquist dies |
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| Aug.1 |
Saudi Arabia |
King Fahd dead |
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| Apr.8 |
Vatican |
Pope John Paul II buried in crypt |
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| Apr.5 |
Monaco |
Prince Rainier dies, 81 |
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| Apr.2 |
 Vatican |
Pope John Paul II dies at 84 26-year reign as the charismatic leader of the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics was highlighted by visits to 129 countries
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| Mar.31 |
Florida |
Terri Schiavo has died |
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| Feb.5 |
Togo |
President Eyadema dies |
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| Jan.16 |
Beijing |
Zhao Ziyang, Purged Chinese leader, dies |
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| Nov.12 |
West Bank |
Chaos as Arafat is buried |
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| Nov.10 |
 Paris |
Arafat died The veteran Palestinian leader has died in a Paris hospital. There is no clear line of succession
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| Jun.5 |
Los Angeles |
Ronald Reagan dead at 93
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| Sep.25 |
Iraq |
Shot politician dies from wounds |
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| Sep.10 |
Sweden |
Stabbed Foreign Minister dies |
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| Aug.15 |
Saudi Arabia |
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin dies |
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| Mar.30 |
London |
Queen Mother dies |
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| Nov.29 |
Los Angeles |
George Harrison dies
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| Jul. 8, 1994 |
North Korea |
Death of Kim Il-sung North Korea did not report the death for more than 34 hours after it occurred. An official mourning period was declared from 8–17 July
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| Nov. 10, 1982 |
Moscow |
Death of Leonid Brezhnev Map of Mozhaysky District Moscow Oblast Russia He died aged 76 after suffering a heart attack following years of serious ailments. His death was officially acknowledged on 11 November
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| Sep. 9, 1976 |
 Beijing |
Mao Tse-tung died The party delayed the announcement until a radio message broadcast across the nation announced the news while appealing for party unity
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| Mar. 5, 1953 |
Moscow |
Death of Joseph Stalin Map of Kuntsevo Dacha Kuntsevo District Moscow Russia Stalin (18 December 1878[1] –5 March 1953, birth surname: Dzhugashvili) was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death
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| Jan. 9, 1873 |
London |
Emperor Louis Napoleon Bonaparte III died
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| Jun. 9, 1870 |
England |
Charles Dickens died
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| Mar. 2, 1835 |
Austria |
Francis II, last Holy Roman Emperor, died
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| Mar. 22, 1832 |
Eastern Germany |
Johann Wolfgang Goethe died
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| May. 5, 1821 |
United Kingdom |
Napoleon Bonaparte died on St. Helena He reconciled with the Catholic Church. He died after confession, Extreme Unction and Viaticum in the presence of Father Ange Vignali
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| Jan. 29, 1820 |
England |
Death of George III
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| Aug. 17, 1786 |
Berlin |
Frederick the Great died
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| Dec. 4, 1642 |
Paris |
Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu died
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| Jan. 8, 1642 |
Northern Italy |
Death of Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist and astronomer
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| Apr. 23, 1616 |
Madrid |
Cervantes died
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| Sep. 5, 1566 |
Hungary |
Suleiman the Magnificent died
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| Jan. 28, 1547 |
London |
Death of Henry VIII
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| Jul. 7, 1535 |
London |
Sir Thomas More executed An English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord Ch...
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| Jan. 5, 1477 |
France |
Defeat and death of Charles the Bold
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| May. 30, 1431 |
France |
Jeanne of Arc, burned at the stake
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| Oct. 3, 1226 |
Italy |
Francis of Assisi died |
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| Mar. 4, 1193 |
Damascus |
Sultan Saladin dies
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| Jun. 10, 1190 |
Turkey |
Frederick Barbarossa drowned
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| Aug. 20, 1153 |
France |
St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux died |
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| Apr. 21, 1142 |
France |
Peter Abelard died |
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London |
King Edward the Confessor died |
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