Sri Lanka holds day of mourning
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Flags are lowered to half mast and inter-faith services held to mourn Sri Lanka's 28,000 tsunami dead.
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Sri Lanka braced for more violence as suspected Tamil rebels set off bomb attacks in the capital on the eve of celebrations to mark independence day, officials said Sunday.
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Millions mark the start of 2005 with restraint amid global mourning for victims of the Asian earthquake.
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Shouting names of the missing relatives, looking around to identify the loved ones and moving bodies for burials -- all are the scene in a Sri Lankan coastal town a day after the sudden tsunamis.
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Sri Lanka's main foreign donors voiced concern on Saturday at the island's escalating civil war, calling on the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to respect human rights as the death toll steadily climbs.
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Sri Lanka said on Tuesday the death  toll from a tsunami that slammed into the Indian Ocean island  rose to 12,212 people.
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For some Indians the US national holiday of Thanksgiving remains a day of mourning.
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The Finnish government ordered a day of nationwide mourning Thursday after a youth killed six students, the head teacher and a nurse at his school before turning the gun on himself.
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Sweden greeted the new year with a national day of mourning Saturday, flying flags at half staff and lighting candles for the 3,500 of its citizens still missing in Thailand after the tsunami disaster that ...
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Tanks and armored personnel carriers paraded through Sri Lanka's capital on Sunday as President Mahinda Rajapakse, marking the 59th anniversary of independence from Britain, vowed to defeat Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Denmark holds a national day of mourning for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster a week ago.
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From Tamil Tiger rebels to Buddhist monks in saffron robes, Sri Lanka stopped to mourn on Friday as rescue workers struggled to clear bloated corpses of victims of the Indian Ocean island's worst natural disaster.
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A numb Russia observed the first of two days of national of mourning today for the hundreds of victims of the school siege while criticism mounted on the government over its handling of the situation.
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Ceremonies are held to mark the end of the 40-day period of mourning for assassinated former PM Benazir Bhutto.
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Inhabitants of war-torn northern Sri Lanka are having difficulty coming to terms with the new tragedy of the Asian tsunami, says the BBC's Frances Harrison.
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Sri Lanka said on Monday deaths in the Indian Ocean island&#39;s rebel-controlled north and east had raised the toll from the worst tsunami in memory to around 4,500 victims.
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Hundreds of Tamil people gather in Trafalgar Square to remember those killed in the tsunami and highlight the plight of those who survived.