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...Peter's Square - some Vatican sources don't like talking when other journalists or clerics might walk by. What I learned was that the discussion of a new pope has not really progressed since John Paul II died, and it will likely begin in earnest only after his burial. And my sources tell me that the cardinals are considering imposing a total media blackout even before the conclave begins to prevent speculation on the outcome of their deliberations...
...Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Tutu and a fellow Anglican bishop had gone to Duduza, a black township 30 miles east of Johannesburg, to officiate at the funerals of four young men who had accidentally blown themselves up with explosives. As the two churchmen left the cemetery after the burial, they were confronted by a mob attempting to kill a black man whom they suspected of being a police spy. The crowd had seized him, set his car afire and was trying to hurl him into the flames. Bishop Tutu, dressed in purple vestments, pushed his way into the shouting, jostling...
...India brought the most advanced undersea technology to the search by chartering the Léon Thevenin, a French cable-laying ship, and a remote-controlled underwater drone operated by a British company. Known as Scarab 1 (for submersible craft assisting repair and burial), the diving machine was built by Ametek Inc. in 1976 to install and repair transoceanic telephone cables. The Scarab 1 is 11 ft. long, weighs approximately 2½ tons and is equipped with sophisticated sonar, as well as television cameras with zoom lenses and high-intensity lights that illuminate the ocean floor. A team of eight engineers from...
Nearly 5,000 mourners gathered in the Alpine village of Tesero for the communal burial of 33 local victims of the collapse of a dam complex that devastated the Stava River valley on July 19. The day before the interment, Italian President Francesco Cossiga had visited the town and promised the government would prosecute those responsible. Later in the week, two brothers who owned the collapsed mining-company dams, as well as the firm's manager, were arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter and causing a disaster. Authorities summoned 60 people for questioning about operations at the two dams...
...city means that existing cemeteries are filling up, forcing bereaved relatives to delay funerals for weeks. "All three municipal cemeteries are clogged up," says Athens' Deputy Mayor Katerina Katrivanou. According to a private study, 80% of the greater Athens region's 29 cemeteries cannot take any more burials. The problem is partly a result of a macabre Greek tradition. Burial plots are rented for three years, after which the grave is dug up to check that the body has fully decomposed. If it has, the plot can be released for a fresh burial; if not, the lease is extended...