Relatives wept and soldiers saluted as dozens of tsunami victims in simple wooden coffins were buried in a mass grave on Wednesday in a city in northeast Japan overwhelmed by death.With makeshift morgues close to overflowing and crematoriums unable to keep pace with the numbers of bodies,the Japanese authorities have taken the drastic step of using mass burial sites as temporary resting places.
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Relatives wept and soldiers saluted as dozens of tsunami victims were buried in a mass grave
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War memorial damaged
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Workers discover decomposing human remains
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'Corpses lay strewn in scrubland'
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Service of Remembrance will honor the deceased
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Bodies trapped after building collapse
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Another mass grave discovered in Bangladesh
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Unclaimed cremains of 12 N.J. veterans are buried
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Mourners from all walks bid adieu to ...
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Death toll rises to 42