In Mexico, Reading the Code of Ritual Condolences
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Newspaper sympathy ads illuminate complex attitudes to death, privacy and power.
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By SHAWN POGATCHNIK BELFAST, Northern Ireland - In Ireland, they bury people quickly - and now they're harnessing the speed of the Internet to help families grieve across the globe.
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FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO, Mexico  - In a land of  pyramids and jungle temples, one of Mexico's most curious and  elusive artifacts is an old wooden cross said to have spoken to  Mayan Indians and roused them to rebellion.
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PISCO, Peru -- Carmen Angulo tells visitors to step carefully when entering her home. Pots and pans lie to the right, clothes to the left, and her three children, her parents and a few nieces and nephews nap on mattresses tossed on the floor.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Argentina began the New  Year on a grim note as families identified and prepared for  burial 174 victims of a fire in a Buenos Aires rock club,  including children and babies who might have died in a  makeshift nursery in the bathroom.
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The mother of a soldier whose body was found mutilated in Iraq sobbed with her cheek against his sealed, flag-shrouded coffin Tuesday, looking at the crucifix above it and asking repeatedly in Spanish, &quot;Why? ... Why my son?&quot;
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societies went to work picking up bits of flesh and bone for burial under Jewish law. &quot;In many cases we prevent heavy disasters.
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MONTERREY -- Mexico is demanding a formal investigation into the drowning deaths of three undocumented migrants who it said were forced to recross the Rio Grande by US Border Patrol agents who threw stones at the migrants. The Mexican consul in Eagle Pass, Texas, lodged a complaint with the Border Patrol this week after the three women migrants drowned in ...
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Death notices sent to relatives of missing people
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The faithful gathered Sunday at St. Theodore Catholic Church to walk through the streets in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. &quot;Today is a great day in our homeland of Mexico,&quot; Maria Jimenez of Gonzales said in Spanish.
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People who lived in the mining town of Guanajuato, Mexico, more than a century ago left behind a scientific mother lode: their own accidentally mummified bodies.
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Anguished families struggled Saturday to identify the bodies of relatives killed in a Buenos Aires nightclub fire that left at least 186 people dead, many after being trapped inside by locked emergency exits.
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TAPACHULA, Mexico  - With the stubs of her severed  legs covered by a hand towel, Magdalena Belen sits on the bed  recounting the day her life changed for ever.
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IFOTAKA, Madagascar  - Manahira Mahateraka  communicates with the dead.
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A CODED message from the 18th century that has baffled generations of cryptologists may be nothing more than a loving dedication to a mourned wife or lover, according to a leading codebreaker.
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MTV News is reporting that a small memorial started by a handful of fans blossomed into an outpouring of grief and celebration Thursday, less than 24 hours after the shocking slayings at the Alrosa Villa club where PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist &quot;Dimebag
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ZIHUATANEJO, Mexico -- AndrÃÂ©s Sauzo collects newspapers, astoundingly grisly newspapers.