Afghanistan's last king is laid to rest
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The last king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, was buried on Tuesday at a state funeral where thousands bid farewell to the monarch remembered for his peaceful reign who became known as the "father of the nation".
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The former king of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, dies aged 92, after a long illness.
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Afghanistan's former King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in the country's history, died on Monday aged 92.
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As politicians pay tribute to a fallen leader, the country's Pakistanis are trying to come to terms with what her death means for their homeland
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Indonesiaâs former strongman was buried with an overlay of the Javanese mysticism that, for some people, had given him the aura of a king.
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A U.S. soldier killed in Iraq who was the son of a king in this African country was buried here Saturday in a princely ceremony.
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Some 20,000 Afghans paid tribute Wednesday to slain anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massood, packing a stadium in Kabul ringed with security to guard against attacks by the still-active Islamic militia.
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A UK soldier dies in an attack in Afghanistan, as  the 14 servicemen killed in an air crash are mourned.
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ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan  - Afghans mourned the more than 100 victims of a suspected suicide bombing in the southern Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, a day after one of the country's single deadliest attacks.
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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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Villagers in Helmand province, Afghanistan, say a senior Taleban leader has died after an air strike.
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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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Mourning in Beslan, a high-five in Afghanistan and a gift-wrapped helicopter
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec. 30 -- An Afghan detainee and alleged member of the Taliban died in custody Sunday after an illness at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials said.
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Ramallah: Yasser Arafat, the icon of the Palestinian freedom struggle, was laid to rest in his ravaged West Bank headquarters in here amidst a surge of emotions and hysteria with many of his supporters firing from Kalashnikovs in the air.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia  - The mother of Russia's   last tsar, forced into exile by the Bolshevik revolution, was   to be laid to rest next to her family on Thursday, as Russia   tries to make peace with its dark past.
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A man suspected of involvement in the  abduction of three U.N. workers in Afghanistan died in custody  last week and authorities are investigating whether he was  tortured to death, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.