Article: Soeharto's body arrives at royal city for state funeral

Article: News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 1)
Xinhua News Agency;  January 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... leading Vietnamese newspapers Major news items in leading Singapore's newspapers Soeharto's body arrives at royal city for state funeral Major news items in leading Pakistani newspapers Ground work for Myanmar new central railway station starts ...

Article: Thousands mourn ex-president Suharto ; WORLD IN BRIEF
Evening Standard - London;  January 28, 2008 ;     259 words ...TENS of thousands of people lined the roads around Indonesia's royal city of Solo today for the state funeral of autocratic former president Suharto. His body was flown there from Jakarta and driven to the family mausoleum. Ousted in 1998 ...

Article: State funeral unifies nation.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  June 12, 2004 ;     689 words ... ... Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The first state funeral in 31 years reminded District residents ... especially during times of grief. A state funeral is an enormously detailed ceremony ... remembrance, including a three-day state funeral in the nation's capital. Only presidents ...

Article: Capitol readies intricate ritual of state funeral
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Capitol readies intricate ritual of state funeral By DAVID STOUT AND CARL HULSE New York ... where he will lie before the first state funeral in Washington in 31 years. Reagan ... first president but never used. A state funeral, a rite of collective national mourning ...

Article: State funeral will feature rare pageantry.(Knight ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... honored with a formal, three-day state funeral. The elaborate, centuries-old rite ... never to return. The invitation-only state funeral service will be Wednesday evening in ... the sun sets. It will be the first state funeral in Washington for a president since ...

Article: Reagan's State Funeral to Abound in Tradition, ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ceremony. In that sense, the first state funeral Washington, D.C., has seen in ... In 1973, Johnson's was the last state funeral held in Washington. Today, an Air ... Presidential Library, to Washington. A state funeral ceremony will be held in the Rotunda ...

Article: (3rd LD) S. Korea to hold second-ever state funeral ...
YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea;  August 20, 2009 ;     688 words ... ... has decided to hold its second-ever state funeral for the late President Kim Dae-jung ... Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, the state funeral for the late Kim will take place at ... has been named sole chairman of the state funeral organizing committee. South Korea ...