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...Abdullah's supporters say their man is more likely to dedicate himself anew to reform. "Prepare to be surprised," says a senior UMNO official. "Worrying about Endon has been a distraction for the Prime Minister. Once he has had a chance to mourn her passing, you'll find that he comes back much more focused and more determined than ever to fulfill his agenda." Abdul Razak Baginda, who heads a pro-administration think tank, the Malaysian Strategic Research Center, observes: "He may even be stronger. After all, he promised his wife that he would soldier on and leave behind...
...hardly guaranteed that the sculpture would be deemed worthy of a place near Britain's greatest military heroes. But Alison Lapper Pregnant embodies the spirit of Trafalgar Square. For centuries, it has been the beating heart of the city, the place where Londoners gather to debate, celebrate and mourn. Only three months ago, people filled it to cheer the announcement that London will be host to the 2012 Olympics; eight days later, they flocked there again, to commemorate the July 7 terrorist bombings. Sandy Nairne, director of the National Portrait Gallery and chairman of the committee that chose the statue...
...Urbina looks at Sheehan's protest in Crawford through the lens of personal pain, not presidential politics. "It doesn't matter what the government changes," she says. "They can bring everybody home today, but they can't bring her son back." Urbina's Long Island community came together to mourn Wilfredo, a volunteer fire fighter, but his mother says that plaques and parades do nothing to ease the heartbreak of losing a son. "They hand me these awards, but my arms are empty," she says, "because I don't have my boy." She doesn't know if the Bush Administration...
...distraught farmer was not able to cope with his financial situation, and as a result four people are dead [NATION, Dec. 23]. In itself, this tragedy is enough to mourn, but the mourning must go beyond Hills, Iowa, and turn to action. Measures must be enacted to afford immediate aid to our farmers. They are hurting physically, emotionally and mentally. The nation cannot ignore them. Carole L. Waterman Mediapolis, Iowa...
...week began, the first order of business was burying the dead in the wake of the airport atrocities. On both sides of the Atlantic, families and friends gathered to mourn their lost loved ones, who included five Americans, four Greeks, two Mexicans, an Italian, an Austrian, an Algerian and an Israeli. Nearly 400 people, among them U.S. Ambassador to Italy Maxwell Rabb and Archbishop Justin Rigali, representing Pope John Paul II, gathered in the chapel of Rome's North American College for the funeral of Natasha Simpson, 11, the American schoolgirl who was the youngest of the airport victims...