SUICIDE BOMBER HITS IRAQ SUNNI FUNERAL, KILLING 16
By SAMEER N. YACOUB People evacuate a victim at the scene of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. A…
Funerals and memorial services
CONN. SLAVE WHO DIED IN 1798 CALLED ‘CHILD OF GOD’
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Caleb Pilgrim, left, and Marie Baskerville pray over a casket with the remains of an enslaved man known as Mr. Fortune at the state Capitol in Hartford,…
‘DON’T BE AFRAID’: FINAL WORDS FROM SEAMUS HEANEY
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK FILE – Sunday, Dec. 10, 1995 photo from files showing Irish poet Seamus Heaney, center, displaying his Nobel literature prize medal, surrounded by his family, from left:…
BANGLADESH BUILDING COLLAPSE VICTIMS BURIED
By CHRIS BLAKE and FARID HOSSAIN Army personnel watch as workers toil in the collapsed garment factory building, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emergency workers hauling…
BRITAIN’S IRON LADY LAID TO REST WITH FULL POMP
By JILL LAWLESS and CASSANDRA VINOGRAD An overhead view of guests attending the ceremonial funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Wednesday April…
MORE THAN 2,000 INVITED TO THATCHER FUNERAL
By JILL LAWLESS A view of the St. Paul’s Cathedral in central London, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The funeral service of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be held…
REBELS SEIZE AIR DEFENSE BASE IN SOUTHERN SYRIA
By ZEINA KARAM In this undated photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, an 84-year-old cleric known to all Syrians as a religious…
CALLS FOR CHANGE AT SLAIN CHICAGO INFANT’S FUNERAL
By JASON KEYSER Family members mourn next to the casket of 6-month old Jonylah Watkins during her funeral at New Beginnings Church in Chicago, Tuesday, March, 19, 2013. Watkins was…