Posts Tagged ‘memorial-service’

Eating disorder memorial service

Friday, April 20th, 2012

A memorial service will be held in Edinburgh later for people whose lives have been lost to an eating disorder.

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Memorial held for shark victims

Friday, August 19th, 2011

A memorial service is held on the beach in the Seychelles where British honeymooner Ian Redmond died after being attacked by a shark.

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Indiana fair to reopen with service for 5 killed in collapse

Monday, August 15th, 2011

The Indiana State Fair was scheduled to reopen Monday with a memorial service for five people killed when a concert stage collapsed during a storm, officials said.

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Service for NZ earthquake victim

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

A memorial service will be held on Sunday to remember a Northern Ireland woman who died in the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand.

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Prince remembers NZ quake victims

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

The Prince of Wales joins hundreds of people at a Westminster Abbey memorial service for the victims of February’s New Zealand earthquake.

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Stars at Postlethwaite memorial

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Actors Kevin Spacey and Daniel Day Lewis celebrate the life of Pete Postlethwaite at a memorial service in east London.

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‘Carry a Little Sarge In You’

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Sargent Shriver’s children encouraged mourners to be hopeful rather than cynical at a memorial service for the Peace Corps founder. Shriver “was infused with God’s spirit,” his son, Tim Shriver, said, adding that his father encouraged his children to…

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Memorial for best-selling author

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

A memorial service takes place to celebrate the life of children’s author Dick King-Smith, whose book The Sheep-Pig inspired the hit film Babe.

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Martin: Will media now tone it down?

Saturday, January 15th, 2011

The conventional wisdom in the wake of the emotional and impressive memorial service for those killed in Tucson at the hands of a deranged gunman is that despite pleas for civility, we will return to the pre-shooting days of yelling, screaming and highly-charged partisanship.

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‘Mourner-in-chief’ unpleasant part of job

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

President Obama has worked for days on remarks he will deliver at a memorial service today for the victims of Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, officials say.

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Memorial in honour of Blitz dead

Monday, January 10th, 2011

A memorial service honouring more than 1,000 people killed in Portsmouth during the Blitz is to be held, on the 70th anniversary of the attacks.

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Netanyahu heckled at fire service

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Israel’s PM and interior minister are heckled at a memorial service for the 42 people who died in the country’s worst-ever wildfire.

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Netanyahu heckled at fire service

NZ silence to mourn mining tragedy

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

A memorial service has taken place in New Zealand for the 29 miners who were killed in the Pike River coal mine.

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NZ mourns dead miners in service

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Thousands of New Zealanders attend a memorial service for the 29 miners who died in a series of underground explosions near Greymouth.

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Life of Michael Foot remembered

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

A memorial service is held in Devon to mark the life of Plymouth-born former Labour leader Michael Foot.

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