Tonga readies for king's funeral
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Tonga is making its last preparations to bury King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, with foreign dignitaries arriving to pay tribute to the man who ruled the Pacific island nation more than four decades.
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Troops stepped up security in eastern Sri Lanka as Tamil Tiger rebels prepared to hold the funeral of a murdered leader, officials said.
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Colombo - Mass funerals of thousands of tsunami victims got under way on Tuesday in Sri Lanka as the death toll from the weekend&#39;s devastation surged to 17 640.
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Elvis Presley fans around the world prepare to mark the singer's 70th birthday with concerts and conventions.
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The funeral of the head of the Greek Orthodox Church,  Archbishop Christodoulos, is held in Athens.
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CAIRO, Sept 14  - The funeral of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, who was killed in a weekend helicopter crash off the coast of Greece, will be held in Egypt on Wednesday, church officials said.
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RAMALLAH, Nov. 11. - Yasser Arafatâs funeral will take place in Cairo tomorrow before he is buried on the same day at his West Bank headquarters, a top aide said today.
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The funeral of singer Solomon King, who recorded She Wears My Ring, is to be held in Oklahoma on Monday.
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The funeral of Colin and Johnny McRae is due to take place in a private crematorium service.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's body arrives in Cairo, amid preparations for his funeral there on Friday.
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A replica crown and sword, symbol of royal regalia, might be used during newly selected king Norodom Sihamoni&#39;s coronation ceremony to be started at 5 pm (1000 GMT) in the golden-roofed Royal Palace here Friday.
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The funeral of a 'promising' officer who was the 100th serviceman to die in action in Iraq will be held in Hove.
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A public memorial service is to be held for "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, who died last week.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet will be cremated on Tuesday after a funeral at the military college in Santiago where he began a career that made him infamous around the world for human rights abuses.
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Tonga's King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, one of the world's longest reigning monarchs, dies in New Zealand.
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Egypt put its security forces on maximum alert and workers spruced up a modest mosque at Cairo's international airport Thursday in preparation for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's funeral, which will include a procession led by a horse-drawn carriage.
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GIRIBANGUN, Indonesia  - Tens of thousands of people lined the roads around Indonesia's royal city of Solo on Monday for the state funeral of autocratic former president Suharto at the family's mausoleum.