Cemeteries

Streets of Mariupol are being turned into cemeteries: Makeshift graves appear across besieged city
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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Bodies of both civilians and soldiers are becoming buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings or left out on the streets with rescuers unable to retrieve victims.

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Victorian pet cemeteries reveal rise of belief in a pet afterlife 
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Researchers examined graves at pet cemeteries from the first public pet cemetery back in 1881, during Queen Victoria’s reign, over the following 100 years.

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Chinese Government Razes Over 100 Uighur Cemeteries, Images Show
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The Chinese government has systematically razed over 100 Uighur cemeteries belonging to the Muslim minority group in Xinjiang province, according to satellite images reviewed by CNN.Working for months to review images and collaborate with sources on the ground, CNN found that dozens of official Chinese government notices announcing the "relocation" of cemeteries corresponded to the […]

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“The curse of Nibiru”: the cemeteries mass graves fail – UFO – The Koz Telegram
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The Koz Telegram “The curse of Nibiru”: the cemeteries mass graves fail – UFOThe Koz TelegramA mysterious and mystical scene in the resting places of the dead, has always been of particular interest to occultists and psychics, but with the approach of Planet X, the events become virulent. «Проклятие Нибиру»: На кладбищах массово проваливаются …and more »

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Aleppo cemeteries overrun after years of civil war and fighting ISIS
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Victims of the country’s civil war are being left in the streets and buried in back gardens as the rebel-held Aleppo struggles to cope with the number of fatalities amid the latest offensive.

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People Won't Stop Fainting in Greyfriars Kirkyard, One of the World's Most Haunted Cemeteries – Week in Weird
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George “Bluidy” Mackenzie was buried here in the 17th century after a lifetime of enjoying the gruesome deaths of thousands of people who opposed King Charles II. Not content with being a nasty piece of work on this side of the grave, it seems he continues in a similar way from the other side, according […]

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The Rosa Parks of Israeli cemeteries
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At this point, Ahyed's cause was taken up by the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), the advocacy arm of the Reform movement in Israel. Just around that time, in January 2011, the Supreme Court had ruled that forced gender segregation on buses was …

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Gender separation illegal at Jewish cemeteries, Israel's Supreme court rules
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TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel's Supreme Court ruled against requiring gender segregation at Jewish cemeteries in Israel. The ruling Thursday in Jerusalem overturned two lower court rulings dismissing a lawsuit filed in 2011 against the municipal burial …

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Cemeteries refuse burial plot for Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Peter Stefan a funeral home director and owner of Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester, Mass. told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday he has searched for plots to bury Boston Marathon bomber suspect…

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Cemeteries in winter: St. Mary's and Temple Israel | MinnPost
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MinnPost illustration by Andy SturdevantWalking in a cemetery at the end of winter is a novel experience.Within about a 20-minute walk of each other in the quiet neighborhoods of south Minneapolis, there are two beautiful …

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