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  • 9
    Nov
    2012
    7:44am, EST

    Bulgaria bids farewell to Patriarch of Orthodox Church

    Valentina Petrova / AP

    Orthodox priests perform rituals during Patriarch Maxim's funeral service at Alexander Newskiy cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria on Nov 9, 2012.

    Bulgaria bid a last farewell Friday to its Christian Orthodox religious leader for over 40 years, Patriarch Maxim, who died on Tuesday at the age of 98 and was buried in his beloved Troyan monastery in the north of the country, Agence France Presse reports. 

    Maxim was elected Patriarch in 1971 and oversaw a major religious revival in Bulgaria after the collapse of communist rule, according to Reuters.

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    Orthodox priests carry the coffin of the late Patriarch Maxim during a funeral service at the golden-domed Alexander Nevski cathedral in Sofia on November 9, 2012.

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    An Orthodox nun pays her respect at the casket of Patriarch Maxim during a memorial service at St. Nedelia church in Sofia on November 8, 2012.

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    A woman pays her respects in front of the coffin of the late Patriarch Maxim in St. Nedelia cathedral in Sofia on November 8, 2012.

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  • 2
    Oct
    2012
    4:46pm, EDT

    Mourners clash with police during funeral in Bahrain

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    Riot police stand on a street sprayed wet by water cannons and fire tear gas at anti-government protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

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    Riot police fire tear gas as they chase Bahraini anti-government protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

    Hasan Jamali / AP

    Bahraini anti-government protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs and carrying national flags clash with riot police firing tear gas and water cannons on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

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    Bahraini anti-government protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs and carrying national flags clash with riot police firing tear gas and water cannons on the outskirts of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.

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    Friends and well-wishers of Mohammed Ali Moshaima carry his photo as they march during the funeral procession in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama, Bahrain, October 2, 2012. Moshaima, who was sentenced to 7 years in prison in the protest case at the Bahrain Financial Harbour, died from sickle-cell disease, Bahrain authorities said.

    Hundreds of angry mourners split off from a massive funeral procession for Muhammed Mushaima, 23, who died in police custody, and marched toward the nearby site of last year's pro-democracy uprising, clashing with police just outside the heavily barricaded area.

    The Daily Star in Lebanon reports that Mushaima was taken to the hospital for treatment for sickle-cell anemia on Aug. 29 and lawyers had requested his release due to his failing health. Several other protesters have also died from the disease, a hereditary condition common in Bahrain, while in custody, prompting Human Rights Watch to call for an investigation. 

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    theres always something. DO THESE PEOPLE EVER STOP. If it is not about the US they got to find something to riot about. This has been going on for centuries and it will never stop. They should stop blaming everybody else for there @!$%#y lives and start to look inward at there own for a change.

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  • 20
    Jul
    2012
    11:36am, EDT

    Funerals held for Israelis slain in Bulgaria attack

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    Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Kochava Shriki, who was killed when a suicide bomber targeted Israeli tourists in Bulgaria this week, at a cemetery in the city of Rishon Letzion, Israel, on July 20, 2012.

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    Family and friends attend the funeral of Itzik Kolengi, 28, who was killed and his wife injured in the bombing in Bulgaria, in Petah Tikva, Israel, on July 20, 2012.

    Dan Balilty / AP

    Family and friends attend the funeral of Itzik Kolengi in Petah Tikva on July 20, 2012.

    The Associated Press reports — The five Israeli victims of a bombing in Bulgaria were laid to rest in a series of funerals Friday, two days after the bloody attack on a tourist bus at a popular vacation spot set off a new round of charges aimed at Iran.

    Childhood friends Itzik Kolengi, 28, and Amir Menashe, 27, were buried in Petah Tikva.

    Kolengi's wife, Gilat, was injured in the attack and remains hospitalized. The couple has an infant daughter.

    "I promise you that the family and I will watch forever over your wife, Gilat, and your amazing daughter, Noya, who looks exactly like you, and we'll raise her just as you would have wanted," Kolengi's brother David eulogized. Read the full story.

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    Since the 1979 "revolution" in Iran (more accutately it was a take over of a US friendly government by the theorcratic dictators) the Fanatic murderers have been involved in countless of terror attacks, either directly or indirectly through their proxies Hezbolah or Hamas. They are now involved in u …

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  • 19
    Jul
    2012
    10:38pm, EDT

    Israelis mourn Bulgaria bombing victims

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    Relatives mourn five Israelis killed during an explosion on a tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, after their arrival at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 20, 2012.

    Reuters reports — A suicide bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the interior minister said on Thursday, and Israel said Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants were to blame. 

    Bulgaria official: Suspected suicide bomber carried fake Michigan license

    Ronen Zvulun / Reuters

    Friends and families of people killed in an attack in Bulgaria, stand near their coffins during a ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 20, 2012.

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    A relative mourns five Israelis killed during an explosion on a tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, after their arrival at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 20, 2012.

    Dan Balilty / AP

    An Israeli family cries during a military ceremony for victims killed in an attack in Bulgaria, at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 20, 2012.

    Burgas airport security cameras caught the alleged terrorist wandering around a terminal minutes before he boarded a bus filled with tourists and allegedly blew himself up. Police are now trying to identify who he was with the help of DNA analysis. NBC's Martin Fletcher reports.

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    Very sad to see this senseless killing of innocents.

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  • 19
    Jul
    2012
    8:11am, EDT

    Thousands turn out for funeral of Bollywood heartthrob Rajesh Khanna

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    Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, center and his son Abhishek Bachchan, center right, walk through a sea of fans and mourners to attend the funeral of Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai, India, on July 19, 2012.

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    Huge crowds shield themselves with umbrellas in heavy rain during the funeral procession of Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

    Thousands of mourners thronged the streets of Mumbai under heavy monsoon rain to bid farewell and catch a final glimpse of Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna, who died on Wednesday at the age of 69.

    Known for his shy smile and flamboyant looks, Khanna was often referred to as Bollywood's first real superstar, someone who had a fanatical fan base among women, thanks to the many romantic hits in which he starred during the 1970s.

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    Fans react during the funeral of Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

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    Actress Dimple Kapadia, left, wife of the late Rajesh Khanna, along with her daughter Rinke Khanna, second from left and son-in-law Akshay Kumar, background left, pay their respects during Khanna's funeral in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

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    Fans hold a photograph of Rajesh Khanna during his funeral in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

    Rajanish Kakade / AP

    A police officer tries to control the crowd with a stick during the funeral of Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

     

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    I tell you what...some of the most beautiful women in the world do those bollywood films-natural and spectacularly stacked.The light skinned ones-just an observation

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  • 9
    Jul
    2012
    10:44am, EDT

    Russia mourns flood victims, local officials blamed

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    Relatives and friends of Petr Ostapenko, 35, who was reportedly killed while rescuing people during the recent floods, mourn at his grave at a cemetery of the town of Krymsk in the southern Russian Krasnodar region, on July 9, 2012.

    Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

    Acquaintances of World War Two veteran Valentin Markozov, 92, mourn during his funeral ceremony at the central cemetery of Krymsk on July 9, 2012.

    The Associated Press reports from Krymsk, Russia — Authorities failed to properly warn residents in the Black Sea region of floods that killed at least 171 people and left others scrambling for safety, Russia's emergencies minister acknowledged Monday, adding to public outrage fueled by widespread mistrust of the government.

    'Wave of water': Torrential rains kill dozens in Russia

    Monday has been declared a national day of mourning in Russia. Families of the flood victims were beginning to bury the dead in the hard-hit town of Krymsk, where torrential rain and flooding turned streets into swirling muddy rivers, inundated thousands of homes and forced people to flee from their beds in the middle of the night. Nearly 19,000 people have lost all their belongings. Read the full story.

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin, background, stands during a minute of silence for victims of the floods in Moscow on July 9, 2012.

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    Children view a car partially buried in mud on the bank of a river after flooding in the town of Nizhnebakansky on July 9, 2012.

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    A woman speaks on a cell phone in front of her flood-damaged house in the town of Nizhnebakansky on July 9, 2012.

     

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  • 6
    Jul
    2012
    7:50pm, EDT

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    Peruvian police block the way for people carrying coffins of three demonstrators who died during protests against the Conga mining project in Celendin, Cajamarca, Peru on July 6, 2012. The death toll from clashes between security forces and demonstrators fighting a planned $4.8 billion gold mine by U.S.-based Newmont in northern Peru has climbed to five, medical officials said.

    Clashes over mining project lead to deaths in Peru

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    Can't we all just get along?

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  • 2
    Jul
    2012
    7:54am, EDT

    State funeral for former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir

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    Knesset honor guards carry the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir before his burial on July 2, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel.

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    A man carries a portrait of Yitzhak Shamir as Israelis pay their final respects next to the former Israeli Prime Minister's coffin before his burial at the Knesset on July 2, 2012.

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    An elderly Israeli man holds the hand of a woman as they view and pass by the coffin of Yitzhak Shamir as he lies-in-state in the Chagall Hall in the Knesset on July 2, 2012, before his state funeral in Mt. Herzl Cemetery.

    "Yitzhak Shamir was a brave warrior for Israel, before and after its inception. He was a great patriot and his enormous contribution will be forever etched in our chronicles," Israeli President Shimon Peres said after it was announced Saturday that the former Prime Minister had died at the age of 96.

    Gilada Diamant, Shamir's daughter, said that her father "belonged to a different generation of leaders, people with values and beliefs. I hope that we have more people like him in the future. His political doing has undoubtedly left its mark on the State of Israel."

    Yitzhak Shamir died at the age of 96 on Saturday after a long illness.

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    A lion of Israel. A proud son of Zion.

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  • 17
    Jun
    2012
    9:58am, EDT

    Questions swirl as Saudi Arabia gets set to bury crown prince

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    A man in Jeddah reads a newspaper on Sunday with an article about Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz's death as the country prepared to bury the former heir to the throne.

    By msnbc.com staff and news services

    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- As Saudi Arabia prepared to bury its former crown prince in Mecca on Sunday, questions swirled about how the world's largest oil producer would pass the baton to a younger generation of leaders.  

    Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz's death on Saturday meant that for the second time in less than 12 months the important U.S. ally has to choose a successor to 88-year-old King Abdullah. 


    Unlike in European monarchies, the Saudi succession does not pass from father to eldest son, but has moved along a line of brothers born to Abdul-Aziz bin Saud. A previous crown prince, Sultan, died last October.  The likely candidate is Prince Salman, 76. 


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    "There will be a meeting where the next crown prince will be decided. If you take a historical perspective it has always been done in an orderly and organized manner. Prince Salman fits the profile in many ways," said Khaled Almaeena, editor in chief of the Saudi Gazette. 

    The appointment of a new crown prince is not likely to change the kingdom's position on foreign or domestic policy, but King Abdullah's new heir will face a range of major challenges when he one day becomes king.

    Salman, who is seen as a pragmatist with a strong grasp of the intricate balance of competing princely and clerical interests that dominate Saudi politics, was named defense minister last year. 

    Saudi prince Alwaleed's deal for Twitter is not a traditional investment, says Dan Primack, senior editor at Fortune Magazine.

    Saudi Arabia-Bahrain union plan set to inflame tensions with Iran?

    Salman is the current defense minister and was governor of Riyadh, the country's capital, for more than four decades.

    Analysts believe he shares many of Nayef's conservative views and is unlikely to challenge the religious establishment if made king. But he also has played more of a mediator role in Saudi politics while in charge of Riyadh. 

    King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia will allow women to vote and run for public office at the next election cycle in 2015. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports.

    "There has been an impression that Nayef is more conservative because he was the guy dealing with threats and terrorism as interior minister and Salman was meeting with businessman and intellectuals as governor of Riyadh," said Sami al-Faraj, director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies. 

    "The reality is there is very little difference. Both are conservative and won't rock the boat," he added. "Nayef was just a behind-the-scenes guy and Salman is more public. One was implicit; the other explicit." 

    But it is unclear whether Nayef's death will bring about the shift to put a younger member of the royal family in a traditional role as No. 3 in line for the throne. Among the possible contenders mentioned include King Abdullah's son Mitab, the head of the National Guard, and Nayef's son Mohammad, a senior official in the interior ministry.

    Report: Saudi woman dies after campus protest

    Grooming a next generation as potential rulers would mark an important shift in Saudi affairs by acknowledging that the country is moving toward a new era under the stewardship of a group raised with deeper Western connections and understandings. 

    "The house of Saud will need to think about what would happen in the event the king became unwell, and there is no way on earth you would hand the crown prince role to a grandson in 48 hours time. You have to find an older prince," said Michael Stephens, researcher at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in Qatar. 

    Whoever takes the helm in the coming years, Saudi Arabia will have to grapple with Tehran's regional ambitions as well as its nuclear program. Iran insists it does not seek nuclear weapons, but Saudi officials and their Western allies fear the country could develop an arsenal and significantly shift the balance of power in the region. One possible outcome could be a regional nuclear arms race with Saudi Arabia also seeking atomic weapons. 

    Saudi Arabia is also facing Arab Spring-inspired internal pressures for political reforms and greater openness. King Abdullah has pledged billions of dollars to create more state jobs and offer other government-backed programs to try to appease calls for change. 

    Neighboring Bahrain, meanwhile, has become a central issue for Saudi Arabia since a Shiite-led uprising last year against the ruling Sunni monarchy. Saudi forces led a Gulf military intervention to help prop up the dynasty in the strategic island nation, which is home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet. Saudi Arabia is now leading efforts for closer union with the country that would effectively unify key policies such as security and foreign relations. More than 50 people have died in Bahrain's unrest since February 2011. 

    Reuters, The Associated Press and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report. 

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    There are at least 40 in line in House of Saud. Look at the ages of the ruler and his next in line! What a nation is 21st century! In the name of oil, these Sunni Saudi despotic, autocratic, highly corrupt and bigoted seventh century mindset rulers are primarily responsible for most of the mess in t …

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  • 1
    Jun
    2012
    4:16pm, EDT

    Mourning the loss of more lives in Syria

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    Members of the media center mourn the loss of their cameraman Abdalh Ameed Matar, who was killed in an attack earlier that day on May 31. The Syrian army launched a full scale attack on the city of Homs, Syria. Hundreds of rockets and many wounded and dead were treated inside a mobile field hospital clinic located in a city under siege. Two to three rockets hit the field hospital wounding a few medical volunteers. Despite the threat of being killed by mortar or rocket fire these volunteer doctors and nurses face arrested, torture, and certain death if they are captured by the Syrian regime. These doctors and nurses work under harsh conditions with little medical supplies that are smuggled into the city from Lebanon. Despite these odds the doctors and nurses are able to see over 100 patients per day and conduct life saving operations daily.

    Robert King / Polaris

    Residents of Al Qusayr in Homs,Syria gather for the funeral precession of 13 people killed in yesterday's assault on the town by Syrian forces. Among the dead was local camera man Abdelhamid Idris Matar who died while filming a Syrian tank advancing on the City of Qusayr. The dead were laid the rest in the Martyrs Cemetery on June 1.

    For the latest news out of Syria visit our World News blog.

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    Civil wars are anything but civil. Over 400,000 people died in the US civil war. Deaths are unavoidable as are atrocities from both sides. Sadly neither side is fighting for freedom, they're just fighting for their own brand of tyranny.

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  • 24
    May
    2012
    11:11am, EDT

    Sanaa holds funerals for victims of suicide bombing

    Yemen's Defence Ministry via Reuters

    Soldiers carry coffins during the funeral of dozens of soldiers killed in Monday's suicide bombing in Sanaa on May 24. A man with explosives strapped under his army uniform killed more than 90 people in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday when he blew himself up in the midst of a military parade rehearsal, the defence ministry said.

    Funerals were held today for the victims of Monday's suicide bombing in Sanaa, Yemen. The attacks killed more than 90 people at a military parade rehearsal and wounded about 200 others. On Tuesday, the National Day parade was relocated to air force academy under heavy security. Reuters reports:

    Yemeni soldiers marched in a National Day parade on Tuesday as the president watched from behind a bullet-proof glass shield in a show of defiance after a bomber killed more than 90 troops in an attack on the ceremony's rehearsal.

    A somber mood hung over the event, meant to celebrate the 1990 unification of north and south Yemen, but it passed off without any repeat of Monday's bloodshed despite militant threats to carry out more attacks.

    The bombing, one of the deadliest in Yemen in recent years, was a setback in its battle against Islamists linked to al Qaeda and heightened U.S. concerns over a country in the front line of Washington's global war on militants. Continue reading.

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    A Yemeni soldiers sits next to the grave of a comrade who was killed in a suicide bombing that targeted soldiers earlier in the week, at a cemetery in Sanaa on May 24. A suicide bomber clad in a soldier's uniform detonated explosives on May 21 as Yemeni troops were rehearsing for a parade scheduled for May 22, killing 96 soldiers and wounding 300 more.

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    A Yemeni man walks over graves at a cemetery ahead of burying dozens of soldiers who were killed in a suicide bombing in Sana'a, Yemen, on May 24.

    A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal in Yemen's capital, killing more than 90 soldiers. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.

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  • 9
    Apr
    2012
    11:11am, EDT

    Thailand bids farewell to princess in elaborate procession

    Sukree Sukplang / Reuters

    Mourners hold pictures of Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi as her urn is escorted to the cremation pyre in Bangkok, on April 9. Princess Bejaratana, who was the only child of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI passed away from on July 27, 2011, aged 85.

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    Thai soldiers pull a royal chariot carrying the royal urn containing the remains of late Princess Bejraratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi march in procession on the way to a funeral pyre outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, 09 April 2012. Cousin to the reigning Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), Princess Bejaratana, the only daughter of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) passed away on 27 July 2011 at the age of 85 from a blood infection.

    Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters

    The royal chariot with the urn of Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi is pulled by men dressed in ancient uniforms to the cremation pyre in Bangkok, on April 9. Princess Bejaratana, who was the only child of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI passed away on July 27, 2011, aged 85.

    Damir Sagolj / Reuters

    Royal guards escort the royal urn of Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi to the cremation pyre in Bangkok April 9. Princess Bejaratana, who was the only child of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI, passed away on July 27, 2011, aged 85.

    Sukree Sukplang / Reuters

    Mourners hold pictures of Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi as her urn is escorted to the cremation pyre in Bangkok, on April 9. Princess Bejaratana, who was the only child of King Vajiravudh, Rama VI, passed away on July 27, 2011, aged 85.

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    Thai soldiers walk of the royal chariot carrying the royal urn of Thai Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda Sirisobhabannavadi (not seen) during the ancient rites of the royal cremation ceremony at Sanam Luang in Bangkok on April 9. Thai Princess Bejaratana, the first cousin of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, was admitted to Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital on July 13 for bloodstream infection and passed away on July 27, 2011 after her condition worsened.

     

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    May she rest in peace

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