Portuguese mourn Fatima witness
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Portugal pays its respects to Sister Lucia, the last of three children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary.
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Liverpool was united in grief yesterday for what one religious leader described as its worst day of suffering since the Hillsborough football disaster 15 years ago.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Some 5,000 fervent supporters of Augusto Pinochet mourned on Tuesday at the funeral of the former Chilean dictator whose repressive 17-year rule made him infamous worldwide for human rights abuses.
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Devotees held Roman Catholic Masses, candle processions and interfaith prayers Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor in this eastern Indian city.
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Accompanied by her husband, Prince Felipe , her father-in-law King Juan Carlos and other family members, a tearful Letizia paused for a moment following the prayer service at a Madrid funeral home on Thursday ...Comment
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LISBON, Portugal  - Portugal planned a national day of mourning Tuesday for Sister Lucia Marto, the last of three shepherd children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary in a series of 1917 apparitions in the town of Fatima.
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MOURNERS gathered overnight for the funeral of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, whose murder last week - allegedly by Islamic extremists - has triggered a wave of attacks on Protestant churches and Muslim mosques.
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Prayers are being said for Margaret Hassan, the British aidworker who is believed to have been killed by her militant kidnappers in Iraq.
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Pope Benedict XVI appealed Tuesday for mutual respect for religious beliefs as he mourned an Italian nun slain in Somalia in an attack possibly linked to Muslim anger over his recent remarks about Islam.
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Fellow musicians and friends of Anita Bitri packed a Brooklyn church yesterday to offer a tribute in song to the Albanian pop star days after she was felled by a carbon monoxide leak.
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Portugal has declared Tuesday a day of mourning and politicians cut back election campaigning to mark the death of Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, the last of three children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary at Fatima.
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A funeral mass is being held for aid worker Margaret Hassan, thought to have been murdered in Iraq.
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Pope John Paul II praised Portugal's visiting president Friday for his nation's conservative Catholicism, saying it could inspire hope amid a "grave crisis" in modern values.
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Family and friends wept and prayed Saturday at a funeral Mass for a pregnant Marine found slain in North Carolina.
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The Netherlands mourned the outspoken  filmmaker killed a week ago by a suspected Islamic extremist,  while Dutch Muslims rallied to urge reconciliation on Tuesday  after a wave of apparent revenge attacks on mosques.
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Many among the mourners chanted for justice and blamed the government for their heroine's death. Others jostled to get a last glimpse of the flag-draped coffin. Some simply wept and hugged each other.
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Relatives of an innocent Brazilian man slain by police who mistook him for a terrorist marked the first anniversary of his death Saturday with a memorial service at the Underground station where he was killed.