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| Mar.30 |
New Jersey |
'Killing Fields' journalist dies |
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| Mar.18 |
Sri Lanka |
Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90
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| Feb.15 |
Chicago |
Adventurer Fossett declared dead |
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| Feb.5 |
Netherlands |
Indian guru Maharishi Yogi dies |
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| Jan.27 |
Indonesia |
Suharto buried in state funeral |
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| Jan.26 |
Indonesia |
Former President Suharto dies at 86 
| Former dictator Haji Muhammad Suharto, the 'smiling general' who ruled his country with an iron fist for 3 decades died at a hospital in Jakarta | | |
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| Jan.20 |
France |
France's oldest WW1 veteran dies |
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| Dec.27 |
Pakistan |
Bhutto's body flown home
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| Dec.1 |
Turkey |
Thousands mourn plane dead |
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| Nov.20 |
Zimbabwe |
Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last PM, dies at 88
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| Nov.8 |
Finland |
Mourning after fatal school shooting |
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Police beat up lawyers
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| Sep.21 |
Beirut |
Thousands mourn MP Antoine Ghanem |
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| Sep.7 |
Northern Italy |
Pavarotti funeral 'a state event' |
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| Aug.16 |
Peru |
Peruvians mourn earthquake dead |
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| Jul.23 |
Poland |
Poland mourns 26 bus crash victims |
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| Jul.22 |
Kabul |
Former king Zahir Shah dies Zahir Shah has died at the age of 92 following a long illness. He was deposed in 1973 and went into exile, but returned in 2002
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| Jun.18 |
Cuba |
Revolutionary Vilma Espin dies |
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| Jun.1 |
Beijing |
Vice premier Huang Ju dies at 68 |
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World Bank head Wolfowitz to quit
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| Apr.25 |
Moscow |
Boris Yeltsin buried
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| Apr.24 |
Moscow |
Russians pay respects to Yeltsin |
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| Apr.23 |
Moscow |
Putin leads tributes to Yeltsin |
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Moscow |
Russian ex-president Yeltsin dies 
Boris Yeltsin was 76. In 1991 he famously triumphed against parliament hardliners in 1993. He had a history of heart trouble
| Yeltsin became Russia's first democratically elected head of state after Gorbachev resigned as Soviet leader in 1991. He defender of democracy when in August 1991 he mounted a tank in Moscow. Yeltsin ordered tanks to fire on parliament in 1993, when the building was occupied by hardline political opponents. He presided over mass privatization and launched the war in Chechnya in 1994
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| Apr.17 |
India |
World mourns Virginia's victims |
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| Jan.23 |
Istanbul |
Thousands mourn journalist Hrant Dink |
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Outspoken journalist shot dead
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| Jan.2 |
Washington |
Ford funeral begins |
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| Dec.30 |
Iraq |
Saddam is buried in home village
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| Dec.27 |
Texas |
Bush pays tribute to Gerald Ford |
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| Dec.26 |
Southern California |
Gerald Ford dies
Born in 1913 he was the 38th (1974–1977) President and the first appointed to the VP under the 25th Amendment
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| Dec.23 |
Turkmenistan |
Turkmenistan mourns late leader |
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| Dec.20 |
Turkmenistan |
President Niyazov dies aged 66 The authoritarian president Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled the country for 21 years. He died of a sudden cardiac arrest
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| Dec.12 |
Chile |
Hecklers, admirers bid farewell to Pinochet
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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. Augusto Pinochet was in power from 1973-90 after overthrowing the government when 3,000 people were killed or disappeared. Supporte... | |
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| Nov.23 |
Beirut |
Funeral for minister turns into anti-Syrian
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| Nov.22 |
Lebanon |
Lebanon mourns minister amid crisis |
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| Nov.21 |
Beirut |
Lebanon mourns murdered minister |
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| Nov.11 |
Turkey |
Ecevit buried amid secularist chants |
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| Nov.9 |
Gaza |
Palestinians vow revenge at funeral for 18 |
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Democrats seize control of House
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| Nov.5 |
Turkey |
Ex-PM Ecevit dies at 81 5-time premier and socialist leader ordered the invasion of Cyprus and pushed his country towards the West
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| Nov.1 |
South Africa |
Mandela pays tribute to Botha |
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| Oct.31 |
South Africa |
Botha, bastion of white rule, dies Former President P.W. Botha was the defiant face of white rule at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle
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| Oct.7 |
Kashmir |
Quake victims honoured |
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| Oct.5 |
Pennsylvania |
Slain Amish girls laid to rest |
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UN appalled by Beirut devastation
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| Jul.20 |
Cambodia |
Khmer Rouge 'butcher' dies at 80 |
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| Jul.4 |
Spain |
3 days of mourning for crash |
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| Jun.10 |
Gaza |
Funerals for beach victims |
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| Mar.18 |
Serbia |
Milosevic buried in his home town Ex-Yugoslav leader has been buried a week after dying at The Hague while on trial for war crimes
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Serbia |
Milosevic body arrives in hometown |
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| Mar.17 |
Serbia |
Serbia prepares to bury Milosevic |
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| Mar.15 |
Serbia |
Milosevic body returns to Belgrade
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| Mar.14 |
Serbia |
Milosevic to have Serbia burial |
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| Mar.13 |
Serbia |
Serbia to allow Milosevic funeral |
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| Mar.11 |
Netherlands |
Milosevic found dead in cell| Former Yugoslav President has been found dead in Hague where he was being tried on war crimes charges. He was 64.
Milosevic was found dead for several hours.
He rose to the top of Yugoslav politics in the 1980.
Elected Serbian president in... | |
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| Feb.7 |
Washington |
US presidents honour King widow |
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| Jan.29 |
Poland |
Poles mourn roof collapse victims |
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| Jan.21 |
Kosovo |
President Rugova dies at 61 The literary scholar turned politician was the symbol of the fight for Kosovar self-rule. He was 61
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| Jan.14 |
Kuwait |
Emir dead
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Sharon fights for life after stroke
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| Dec.14 |
Beirut |
Anger in Beirut as editor buried |
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| Dec.13 |
Nigeria |
Parents mourn 50 crash children |
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| Oct.24 |
Detroit |
Civil rights icon Parks dies She refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man and inspired the modern civil rights movement
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| Oct.23 |
Spain |
Obasanjo's wife dies in hospital |
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| Sep.21 |
Mexico |
Minister killed in helicopter crash |
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| Sep.3 |
Virginia |
Chief Justice Rehnquist dies The Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court has died at his home in Virginia at the age of 80
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| Sep.1 |
Baghdad |
Iraq mourns stampede victims |
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| Aug.31 |
North Caucasus |
Beslan mourns a year after siege |
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| Aug.17 |
Martinique |
Islanders mourn Venezuela crash victims |
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| Aug.5 |
Israel |
Alert as bus dead buried |
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| Aug.2 |
Saudi Arabia |
Simple funeral for King Fahd
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| Aug.1 |
Saudi Arabia |
King Fahd dead The former Crown Prince Abdullah has been named the new king and Defense Minister has replaced Abdullah
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| Jul.17 |
London |
Former UK Prime Minister Ted Heath dies |
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| Jul.14 |
London |
Vigil for bombing victims
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| Jul.13 |
London |
Europe to remember victims |
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| Jul.10 |
London |
Bomb bodies removed as UK mourns |
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| Jun.20 |
Philippines |
Cardinal Sin dead |
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G8 ministers back Africa debt deal
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| Jun.4 |
Beirut |
Hundreds mourn Beirut journalist |
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| Apr.24 |
Tel Aviv |
Former President Ezer Weizman dies |
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| Apr.15 |
Monaco |
Monaco bids farewell to Rainier
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| Apr.8 |
Vatican |
Pope John Paul II buried in crypt John Paul II was buried under St. Peter's Basilica after a funeral Mass that millions of people watched
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| Apr.7 |
Rome |
Rome prepares for Pope's funeral |
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| Apr.5 |
Monaco |
Prince Rainier dies, 81
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Vatican |
Hundreds of thousands say goodbye |
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Vatican |
Burial plans unfold |
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| Apr.4 |
Vatican |
Crowds wait all night to see Pope
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Vatican |
Pope's body makes final journey
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| Apr.3 |
Vatican |
Clergy, dignitaries pay respects to pope |
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| Apr.2 |
Global |
Millions grieve for John Paul II
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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. The Pope was the third longest-serving pontiff in history. He died in his private apartment, surrounded by... | |
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| Mar.31 |
Florida |
Terri Schiavo has died The 41-year-old brain-damaged woman became the centerpiece of a national right-to-die battle
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Government HQ seized. Akayev left
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| Mar.7 |
Italy |
Funeral for agent shot in Iraq
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| Mar.6 |
Italy |
Italy prepares for agent funeral |
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| Mar.5 |
Italy |
Body of agent returns home |
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| Feb.26 |
England |
Founder of Amnesty dies aged 83 |
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| Feb.16 |
Beirut |
Hariri buried amid chaotic scenes |
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| Feb.5 |
Togo |
President Eyadema dies
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| Jan.28 |
Beijing |
Muted goodbye to Zhao Ziyang |
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| Jan.16 |
Beijing |
Zhao Ziyang, Purged Chinese leader, dies Former Communist Party was ousted aafter the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protesters
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| Jan.15 |
South Africa |
Thousands mourn Mandela's son |
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Storm of protest at poll result
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| Nov.12 |
West Bank |
Chaos as Arafat is buried Amid chaotic and highly emotional scenes, Palestinian leader has been buried at the Ramallah compound
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| Nov.11 |
Egypt |
Arafat's body arrives in Egypt
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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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Bush re-elected
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United Arab Emirates |
UAE founder Nahyan dies, aged 90
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| Sep.6 |
Russia |
Anger mounts as Russia mourns
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| Jul.6 |
Austria |
President Klestil dies at 71 |
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| Jun.11 |
U.S. Congress |
World bids farewell to Reagan
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| Jun.5 |
Los Angeles |
Ronald Reagan dead at 93 Former President died at his home in Los Angeles. He led a conservative revolution and hastened the end of the Cold War
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EU welcomes 10 new members
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| Mar.24 |
Spain |
Madrid mourns bombing victims
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| Feb.26 |
Macedonia |
President Trajkovski killed in plane crash
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| Oct.19 |
Bosnia |
Ex-leader Izetbegovic Dies at 78 |
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| Sep.25 |
Iraq |
Shot politician dies from wounds
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| Sep.13 |
Sunni Triangle |
Anti-U.S. chants, gunshots mark funerals |
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| Sep.10 |
Sweden |
Stabbed Foreign Minister dies Anna Lindh has died in hospital after being stabbed several times by an unidentified man in the centre of Stockholm
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| Sep.2 |
Iraq |
Thousands bid cleric farewell |
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| Sep.1 |
Iraq |
Najaf braces for ayatollah's funeral |
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| Aug.15 |
Saudi Arabia |
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin dies
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| Aug.2 |
Iraq |
Saddam's sons buried in homeland |
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Berlusconi in EU 'Nazi' slur
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| Nov.2 |
Southern Italy |
Mass funeral for lost generation |
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| Oct.19 |
Australia |
Australia mourns Bali dead |
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| Apr.9 |
London |
Poignant farewell to Queen Mother |
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| Mar.30 |
London |
Queen Mother dies
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| Feb.9 |
London |
Princess Margaret dies |
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Swearing-in of interim government
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| Nov.29 |
Southern California |
George Harrison dies Former Beatle singer, songwriter and guitarist has died after losing battle against cancer at age 58
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Closest Presidential election