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POPSTEHRAN BUREAU: Updates from 8 Mordad (30 July) From Tehran Bureau staff: I went to the Beheshteh Zahra cemetery today. The police did not permit Mousavi or Karoubi near the graves. When the car transporting Mousavi and his wife approached, police did not even allow them out of the car. But more than 3000 people were out on the streets near Mosalla. Basij was there too. People flashed V signs with their fingers. Traffic was crazy; people kept honking their horns. People put trash bins, and one motorcycle, on fire. Police and Basij started to use tear gas. They even used it at the cemetery. The gathering at the Beheshte Zahra cemetery was supposed to be at 4 pm, but before that could happen, baton-wielding Basij and the special guard were there to break it up. Police told mourners that if they didn’t leave, they would attack. They arrested many people at the cemetery and in the streets around Mosalla. Some people started attacking police with stones; police then started to attack them.
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POPSWhy we celebrate Memorial Day. And why we apologize to no one 16. Rhone, France . A total of 861 of our military dead. Rhone cemetery 17. Sicily, Italy . A total of 7861 of our military dead. Sicily cemetary 18. Somme, France . A total of 1844 of our military dead. Somme cemetery 19. St. Mihiel, France . A total of 4153 of our military dead. Saint Mihiel cemetery 20. Suresnes, France. A total of 1541 of our military dead. Suresnes cemetery If we added correctly, the count is 104,366. Apologize to no one. Remind those of our sacrifice and don’t confuse arrogance with leadership. As Americans, let’s all look forward to the next elections - to find a President who doesn’t think we need to be ashamed.
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POPSarchaeologists close to finding tombs of cleopatra and mark anthony in the course of their 3 year dig they have found approx. 22 coins-that resemble cleopatra- two statues of her- and one of a king- they have found tunnels in the area that shows that the temple has been used for burial-but the most important discovery - made this week was a large cemetary- approx- 20 tombs have been found, cut in the rock and in one of them is 10 mummies some of them are covered in gold. Hawas is quite excited about these finds-
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POPSAncient Cemetary The National Geographic article on the African discovery. Good video clip on the page.
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POPSFunny Epitaphs I clipped this for you alanocu to go with your *romantic* cemetary lady sculpture. *LOL* Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go. On an Auctioneer: Jedediah Goodwin Auctioneer Born 1828 Going! Going!! Gone!!! 1876 :lol:
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POPSbillboards split Parsi community Parsis, also known as Zoroastrians, worship fire and believe that cremation is a mortal sin and that burial pollutes the earth. So they leave their dead atop the towers to be devoured by vultures, a process they believe releases the spirit of the dead
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POPSVERY Angry cat O.K. this has got to be one of those Pet Cemetary cats. Or something is really, really wrong with it.
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POPSNew Dial-a-Tour Service For DC Tourist At the Mobiletours Web site, users can also opt to download the tours as a podcast. This isn't the first tourguide-via-cellphone service out there, but Zielinski thinks that his is the first free one out there. The competition, called Talking Street, charges $5.95 for tours delivered via cell phone.Their Boston tour is read by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. Talking Street's DC tour host: Larry King.
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