Thousands queue to see Mao on anniversary
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Thousands queued at Beijing's Mao   Zedong Mausoleum on Saturday for a glimpse of the embalmed   corpse of the former Great Helmsman on the 30th anniversary of   his death but Chinese state media kept coverage of the event   low-key.
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China has opened an exhibition to mark the 111th anniversary of the birthday of late Chairman Mao Zedong whose embalmed body is on display in the same building, state media report.
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Beijing marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of its late supreme leader, Deng Xiaoping.
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Thousands of people have gathered in Bam to remember some 30,000 victims of the earthquake that flattened the historic Iranian city a year ago.
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Ceremonies are held in Nanjing to mark 70 years since a massacre in which hundreds of thousands of Chinese died.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in the streets of west London for the Notting Hill Carnival.
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More than a thousand people gathered Sunday to commemorate the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" voting rights march &#151; and remarked how the original protest paved the way for modern-day candidates to break political barriers.
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Tens of thousands of Taiwanese protestors are expected to again fill the streets of Taipei in a bid to step up the pressure on embattled President Chen Shui-bian to step down.
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China&#39;s top leaders and representatives from all walks of life gather at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing August 22, 2004 to commemorate the birth centenary of late leader Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China&#39;s reform and opening-up drive.
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Demonstrators hold placards with pictures of the victims of the Tiananmen crackdown during a rally in downtown Hong Kong Sunday. Hundreds marched in the rain to commemorate the 1989 incident in Beijing. A separate candlelight vigil marking the 18th anniversary is planned for June 4.
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As many as 100,000 anti-government protesters led by a phalanx of Buddhist monks marched Monday through Yangon, the largest crowd to demonstrate in Myanmar's biggest city since a 1988 pro-democracy uprising that was brutally crushed by the military.
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Thousands of Nepalis took to the streets on Wednesday to celebrate the signing of a peace deal between the government and Maoist rebels which many hope will end a decade of civil war, kidnapping, murder and fear.
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Hundreds of mourners braved police  checks Saturday to attend a low-key invitation-only funeral for  Zhao Ziyang, the Chinese Communist Party chief purged for  opposing the army crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen protests.
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Thousands of spectators reveled into the early morning while others sought sleep on sidewalk campsites as they held down their spots for watching the 119th Rose Parade, which this year was expected to include protests.
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On any given morning in Beijing,   thousands queue to enter a squat grey building at the center of   Tiananmen Square, symbolic heart of China's communist   revolution.
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China's most outspoken media voice discusses the anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre and whether it could happen again.
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The movie is being shown in theatres as the country commemorates 100 years of Satyagraha movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa.