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Article: Writethru: Zambia extends mourning period for late president to 21 days
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- August 21, 2008
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Writethru: Zambia extends mourning period for late president to
21 days
LUSAKA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian cabinet has extended the
period of mourning for the late President of Zambia Levy Mwanawasa
from the initial seven days to 21 days to allow the body to be taken
to all provincial headquarters to nine provinces before burial,
Vice President Rupiah Banda announced the funeral arrangements on
Thursday evening in a statement posted on the State House website.
Banda said the decision was arrived at after a special cabinet
meeting held in Lusaka Thursday.
He said the burial has been slated for September 3, 2008, which
would have been the late Mwanawasa's 60th birthday.
"I wish to ...