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While that seems a distant prospect, al-Wazir's funeral did have the momentary effect of unifying the fractured Palestinian community in mourning. Almost every faction was represented at the burial, and the graveside frenzy was dignified by the presence of such Palestinian leaders as Farouk Kadoumi, Nayef Hawatmey and George Habash. But the turnout could not mask the absence of one man: Arafat. As his closest friend was being lowered into the ground, Arafat was in Libya talking to Muammar Gaddafi...
Initially, the P.L.O. had requested that al-Wazir be buried in Jordan at a site within view of the West Bank. King Hussein had consented, although Jordanian officials were concerned that the burial might spark demonstrations of support for the uprising from the two-thirds of the Jordanian population that is Palestinian. Then word came that al-Wazir would be interred in Syria, and Damascus invited all P.L.O. leaders to attend the funeral...
...couple of strangers who had driven through town. Within two days police followed the pair to the remains, stashed some 40 miles away. The figure of Celestine, still wearing miter and robes, was found lying on its red velvet cushion but concealed in a plywood box crammed into a burial niche in a local cemetery. The miscreants escaped. Back in L'Aquila, the bells rang again, this time in celebration...
...funeral 10,000 police officers lined the pavement, helpless as their colleague was taken to his burial...
JERUSALEM Israeli soldiers beat to death a 15 year old Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip and his burial yesterday turned into a violent protest in which troops shot and wounded four Arabs. U.N. and Arab reports said...