President Museveni Mourns Greek Orthodox Patriarch
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President Yoweri Museveni yesterday joined the Orthodox community to mourn the death of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa.
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Patriarch Petros VII, of Alexandria, Egypt, the spiritual leader of Greek Orthodox Christians in Africa, was killed Saturday in a helicopter crash.
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Thousands of Kenyans turned out Saturday to mourn a slain opposition lawmaker whose death last week set off a wave of ethnic clashes and killings.
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ATHENS, Greece - The Patriarch of Alexandria, the spiritual leader of all Orthodox Christians in Africa, died yesterday when a helicopter taking him and fellow churchmen to a monastic enclave in northern Greece crashed into the sea, government and church
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"The archbishop's death was a great loss for the Orthodox world"  The popular, outspoken head of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church was buried Thursday in a state funeral attended by thousands of mourners and top Greek officials.Mourners bearing flags clapped and a 21-gun salute rang out as Archbishop Christodoulos' open casket wound through the city center on a carriage, followed by a large cortege on foot.'The archbishop was close to the people and the people loved him. We honor him today,' Bishop Simeon of Nea Smyrni said after the funeral service. Read more
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Thousands of fans take to the streets of  DR Congo's capital to mourn veteran singer Madilu System.
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African leaders have expressed their sadness at the death of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. South Africa&#39;s President Thabo Mbeki said Mr Arafat&#39;s life was defined by unflinching sacrifice for his cause.
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Leaders from various parts of the world have started arriving in the Egyptian capital Cairo to pay their last respects to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died on Thursday morning.
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From the Vatican to the Palestinian refugee camps of Jordan, tributes poured in today for Yasir Arafat, a man regarded as an international leader by many and a terrorist by others.
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Foreign dignitaries paid a last tribute to Yasser Arafat at a solemn funeral on Friday in Cairo, the city where the leader was born and fashioned as the founding father of Palestinian resistance.
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The Patriarch of Alexandria, Peter VII, one of the most senior figures in the Greek Orthodox Church, was killed along with 16 others in a helicopter crash in the Aegean Sea, Church sources said.
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ATHENSâEgypt&#39;s Patriarch of Alexandria, whose post traces its lineage to one of Christ&#39;s disciples, was killed with his Greek Orthodox retinue yesterday in a helicopter crash, Greek authorities confirmed.
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An Egyptian military honour guard escort the coffin carrying late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during the funeral procession in Cairo, Egypt, Friday Nov. 12, 2004.
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Foreign dignitaries have paid a last tribute to Yasser Arafat, the founding father of Palestinian resistance, at a solemn funeral in Cairo, the city where he was born.
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A military funeral for the Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, will be held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo this morning. After the funeral President Arafat&#39;s coffin will be flown by helicopter to Ramallah for burial.
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Egypt was preparing to give Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a full military funeral at a ceremony near his childhood home in Cairo to be attended by scores of foreign leaders but closed to the public.
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Mr Hryschenko conveyed messages of condolences to the Palestinian leadership from President Leonid Kuchma, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn.