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Mass Coffin-Making Underway In Ahmedabad After Plane Crash Death Count Rises
In the aftermath of Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that claimed 241 lives, the somber task of preparing coffins is now underway.
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Pope Francis' Coffin Taken To St Peter's Basilica, Mourners Pay Tributes
Pope Francis's coffin was placed before St Peter's Altar of the Confession, where Bernini's bronze baldacchino soars up towards Michelangelo's famous dome.
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Queen Elizabeth II Funeral Highlights: Queen Elizabeth's Coffin Lowered Into Royal Vault At Windsor
Queen Elizabeth: Queen Elizabeth II's coffin was today lowered into the Royal Vault at the St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle after a day of matchless pagaentry that drew world leaders and thousands of well-wishers.
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Queen Elizabeth's Funeral Procession Highlights: Queen's Coffin Leaves Buckingham Palace
King Charles led a procession of the coffin of his mother Queen Elizabeth II through London on Wednesday before hundreds of thousands of people pay their final respects.
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72-Year-Old Bangkok Man Cremates Wife After Living With Her Coffin For Nearly 21 Years
A 72-year-old in Thailand recently cremated his wife after living with her dead remains for more than two decades. He had kept his spouses body next to him in a small room where he slept and spoke to her pretending she was still alive.
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US Protesters Demand Justice In Trial Of Cop In George Floyd's Death Case
Bearing a replica coffin covered in red roses, thousands of people marched Sunday in the US city of Minneapolis, the day before trial proceedings begin for the white police officer charged with killing George Floyd, a Black man.
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Viral Video: Ancient Mummy Coffin, Sealed 2,500 Years Ago, Opened In Egypt
Archaeologists in Egypt have opened an ancient mummy coffin in front of a live audience. On Saturday, dozens of people watched and filmed as archaeologists unsealed the first of 59 sealed sarcophagi found earlier this year in Saqqara.
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Bizarre Death-Themed Cafe In Bangkok Offers Discounts For Lying In Coffin
A death-themed cafe in Bangkok offers its customers the unique experience of being able to contemplate their lives while lying down in a coffin, and for a discount on their coffee.
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Domestic Abuse Is Thriving In China's Culture Of Silence
Two months after Li Hongxia was murdered, her body is not in the ground. She lies swathed in a pink duvet in a refrigerated coffin, in the house she shared with her husband. He's accused of killing her. His family, who lived with them, fled town.
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South Korean 'Mock Funerals' Seek To Ease Life's Stresses
In a dimly lit room, people dressed in white burial shrouds slowly sit up inside the wooden coffins where they had been lying, enclosed, for 10 minutes. Blinking, pale and solemn, they say they thought about their past and their loved ones while inside the coffins and vow to live better lives now.
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Portugal pays final homage to Eusebio
Mourners lined the streets of Lisbon and applauded as the black hearse carrying Eusebio's coffin, draped in the red and white colours of his club side Benfica, passed by in a funeral cortege broadcast live on TV.
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Moral policing affects live gigs in Mumbai
Following the entertainment tax that came into effect in 2011, ACP Vasant Dhoble's moral policing is the final nail in the coffin, say live musicians in Mumbai. Fearing a raid, many nightclubs in Mumbai have been cancelling live and electronic gigs over the last month.
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Mass Coffin-Making Underway In Ahmedabad After Plane Crash Death Count Rises
In the aftermath of Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that claimed 241 lives, the somber task of preparing coffins is now underway.
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Pope Francis' Coffin Taken To St Peter's Basilica, Mourners Pay Tributes
Pope Francis's coffin was placed before St Peter's Altar of the Confession, where Bernini's bronze baldacchino soars up towards Michelangelo's famous dome.
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Queen Elizabeth II Funeral Highlights: Queen Elizabeth's Coffin Lowered Into Royal Vault At Windsor
Queen Elizabeth: Queen Elizabeth II's coffin was today lowered into the Royal Vault at the St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle after a day of matchless pagaentry that drew world leaders and thousands of well-wishers.
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Queen Elizabeth's Funeral Procession Highlights: Queen's Coffin Leaves Buckingham Palace
King Charles led a procession of the coffin of his mother Queen Elizabeth II through London on Wednesday before hundreds of thousands of people pay their final respects.
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72-Year-Old Bangkok Man Cremates Wife After Living With Her Coffin For Nearly 21 Years
A 72-year-old in Thailand recently cremated his wife after living with her dead remains for more than two decades. He had kept his spouses body next to him in a small room where he slept and spoke to her pretending she was still alive.
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US Protesters Demand Justice In Trial Of Cop In George Floyd's Death Case
Bearing a replica coffin covered in red roses, thousands of people marched Sunday in the US city of Minneapolis, the day before trial proceedings begin for the white police officer charged with killing George Floyd, a Black man.
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Viral Video: Ancient Mummy Coffin, Sealed 2,500 Years Ago, Opened In Egypt
Archaeologists in Egypt have opened an ancient mummy coffin in front of a live audience. On Saturday, dozens of people watched and filmed as archaeologists unsealed the first of 59 sealed sarcophagi found earlier this year in Saqqara.
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Bizarre Death-Themed Cafe In Bangkok Offers Discounts For Lying In Coffin
A death-themed cafe in Bangkok offers its customers the unique experience of being able to contemplate their lives while lying down in a coffin, and for a discount on their coffee.
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Domestic Abuse Is Thriving In China's Culture Of Silence
Two months after Li Hongxia was murdered, her body is not in the ground. She lies swathed in a pink duvet in a refrigerated coffin, in the house she shared with her husband. He's accused of killing her. His family, who lived with them, fled town.
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South Korean 'Mock Funerals' Seek To Ease Life's Stresses
In a dimly lit room, people dressed in white burial shrouds slowly sit up inside the wooden coffins where they had been lying, enclosed, for 10 minutes. Blinking, pale and solemn, they say they thought about their past and their loved ones while inside the coffins and vow to live better lives now.
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Portugal pays final homage to Eusebio
Mourners lined the streets of Lisbon and applauded as the black hearse carrying Eusebio's coffin, draped in the red and white colours of his club side Benfica, passed by in a funeral cortege broadcast live on TV.
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Moral policing affects live gigs in Mumbai
Following the entertainment tax that came into effect in 2011, ACP Vasant Dhoble's moral policing is the final nail in the coffin, say live musicians in Mumbai. Fearing a raid, many nightclubs in Mumbai have been cancelling live and electronic gigs over the last month.
