Vietnam to hold state funeral for late communist party leader Nguyen Phu Trong next week
HANOI - Vietnam will hold a state funeral next week for Nguyen Phu Trong, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died on July 19, the government has said.
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Vietnam bids farewell to late party leader Nguyen Phu Trong
HANOI - Vietnam on Thursday (July 25) began a two-day state funeral service to bid farewell to Nguyen Phu Trong, 80, the leader of its ruling Communist Party who died a week earlier.
11 people killed in Philippines crash after attending funeral
MANILA - Eleven mourners were killed when the pick-up truck taking them home from a funeral was involved in a collision with a bus in the northern Philippines, police said on Thursday (July 11).
Funeral for monk shot by soldiers highlights Myanmar army’s delicate relationship to Buddhist clergy
BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a senior monk who was fatally shot by soldiers in an incident that could undermine the cozy relationship that Myanmar’s military government has tried to maintain with the country’s Buddhist clergy.
Thousands of mourners in Islamabad attend funeral for Pakistani cleric gunned down in broad daylight
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric gunned down in broad daylight on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, police and a spokesman for the cleric’s organization said.