Word: grave
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Muslims were also buried in groups. Rescue workers dug graves six feet long and 15 feet wide, each holding eleven bodies. When there was no burial ground left, old tombs were opened and 100-year-old bones were displaced to make room for the victims. Even here the packs of dogs roamed about; if they found a grave that was not deep enough, they would haul out bodies and devour them. "I thought I had seen everything," said Subedar A.B. Bhosale, a soldier in the Indian army, "but this is worse than...
...week earlier, the Polish leader's efforts to thaw relations with the West had suffered a serious setback. West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher had postponed a visit to Warsaw, largely because Polish officials told him it would be inappropriate to visit the grave of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, an outspoken supporter of the banned Solidarity trade union who was abducted and killed in October. The Jaruzelski government has been hurt by revelations that at least four secret-police officers were involved in the murder. The "Jablonna V" International Meeting of Journalists provided a timely opportunity for Jaruzelski...
...bits and pieces. Rescue workers brought out the remnants in plastic bags. By Tuesday evening, 272 coffins were taken to the cemetery in the nearby barrio of Caracoles, where Caterpillar tractors dug two trenches about 200 ft. long and 10 ft. deep. The coffins were stacked in the mass grave, covered with lime and then buried. A crowd of 10,000 clutched flowers and murmured prayers...
...first by a high-level West German diplomat since martial law was declared in December 1981. But only hours before takeoff last week, a testy Genscher canceled his visit. One major reason: a Polish government suggestion that it would be inappropriate for Genscher to visit the grave of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the Solidarity supporter who was murdered last month. In addition, the Warsaw regime vetoed Genscher's request to lay a wreath at the grave of a German soldier killed in World War II and refused to grant a visa for the visit to the correspondent of Bonn...
...look down at the snowy earth where my father lies. There are footprints under the maple tree that grows over his grave. People have been here, although the snow around the other graves is untrammeled. It was June when we buried him--the summer solstice. The day I return is Ash Wednesday. He lies there in the cold winter ground. I make a snowball with my hands, pack it firm, and lob it gently at the grave. There doesn't seem anything else to do here...