In Cairo, dignitaries converge to pay tribute
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Although he did not live to see Palestinian statehood, Yasser Arafat was given a funeral yesterday worthy of a head of state and attended by kings and presidents from around the world.
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Kings, presidents and dignitaries from  more than 50 countries said a last farewell to Palestinian  leader Yasser Arafat in Cairo on Friday but the public was  excluded from the military funeral.
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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 funeral procession for a couple and their two daughters slain last week drew hundreds of mourners Monday, and some in the crowd blamed the deaths on religious tensions in the Coptic Christian family's native Egypt.
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Thousands of people are gathering to pay tribute to the half-million soldiers who died 90 years ago on Flanders Fields, one of World War I's bloodiest battles.
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The body of Yasser Arafat arrived in the Egyptian capital Thursday night for a memorial service to be attended by a group of men he managed to inspire and antagonize over decades of tireless public diplomacy: his fellow Arab leaders.
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Describing Yasser Arafat as one of the giants of the twentieth century, SA president Thabo Mbeki said it was important for him to be at his memorial service in Cairo on Friday.
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Egypt has agreed to host a funeral in  Cairo for Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who is in a  Paris hospital where he suffered a brain hemorrhage, Egyptian  and Palestinian officials said.
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At the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Lower Manhattan, families of the dead, public officials and visitors assembled to mourn and remember.
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The body of Yasser Arafat arrived in the Egyptian capital Thursday night for a memorial service to be attended by a group of men he managed to inspire and antagonize over
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Celebrities, politicians and thousands of fans will attend the funeral of Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti.
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Earlier, in Cairo, presidents, kings and potentates from across the Arab world and beyond paid their last respects to the Palestinian leader.
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Yasser Arafat's funeral will begin Friday inside a military compound on the outskirts of Cairo, in what will be a brief and solemn ceremony attended by scores of world leaders but closed to the public.
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Egypt was preparing to give Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a full military funeral at a ceremony near his childhood home in Cairo to be attended by scores of foreign leaders but closed to the public.
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FAMILY and friends of the murdered Iraq hostage Ken Bigley gathered to remember him yesterday in a dignified ceremony that rose above the harsh words that had surrounded his capture and death.
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CAIRO -- Egypt prepared yesterday for a strictly controlled military funeral for Yasser Arafat where dignitaries from around the world will pay their respects, but where the people -- among whom Arafat was by far more popular -- will be mostly shut out.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's body arrives in Cairo, amid preparations his funeral there on Friday.