No State Funeral For Croc Hunter
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As the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin made a name for himself around   the world. But at the end of the day, he was just an "ordinary bloke."
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DERA BUGTI, Pakistan -- Doubt swirled around yesterday's funeral for a tribal chief killed in a Pakistani military raid after officials rejected demands to open his padlocked coffin for inspection and buried it in a different location than where his family wanted.
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Rice Lake, Wis. -- Robert Crotteau and his son Joseph were mourned together Saturday, days after both were killed in a confrontation with a hunter trespassing on their land.
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The American Zoo and Aquarium Association on Thursday denied Detroit Zoo director Ron Kagan&#39;s final appeal to send the two aging, arthritic elephants to one of two US sanctuaries where they could roam hundreds of acres.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is to be buried at a private funeral in the next few days, his manager says.
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Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson gave no opinion Thursday when asked about efforts by President Bush and Congress to keep Terri Schiavo alive, saying he does not remember details of the right-to-die case that stirred national debate.
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Steve Irwin, 44, better known as the 'Crocodile Hunter' is no more.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's father said the family is declining the offer of a state funeral because his son was an "ordinary bloke." Bob Irwin told reporters his son and he were extremely close. "Steve and I weren't like father and son, we never were," he said. "We were good mates. I'll remember Steve as my best mate ever."
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The family of China's purged Communist Party chief, Zhao Ziyang, has decided not to request the government to arrange a state funeral, a source close to the family said on Tuesday.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - Alabama Gov. Bob Riley on Monday rejected calls to postpone this week's execution of convicted serial killer Daniel Lee Siebert despite his terminal cancer and a national controversy over lethal injections.
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No ceremony due to writers' strike.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin will be celebrated at a public memorial service at his family's wildlife park next week.
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Wildlife TV star Steve Irwin's grieving father has turned down a state funeral for a son he described as &quot;just an ordinary bloke&quot;, as a global wave of mourning astonished Australia.
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Steve Irwin's father said on Wednesday  he lost his best mate when the TV naturalist known as the  "Crocodile Hunter" died in a freak diving accident, adding that  his son would hate the fuss of a state funeral.
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BRISBANE, Australia -- Steve Irwin, the rousing Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the ``Crocodile Hunter," was killed today by a stingray during a diving expedition, Australian media said.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. There will be no cross-examination today of accused wife-killer Scott Peterson&#39;s mistress.
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LOS ANGELES - Marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau said Tuesday that while he mourns the recent death of &quot;The Crocodile Hunter,&quot; Steve Irwin, he disagrees with Irwin's hands-on approach to nature television.