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AUSTRALIA WELCOMES SCRAPPING OF PLANS FOR WIND FARM ON MAJOR FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLEFIELD IN FRANCE
The planned site for the wind farm is a natural burial ground near the Bullecourt memorial that is visited regularly by Australian families... READ MORE›
GRAVESTONE FOR LONDON CHILDREN KILLED BY WW1 BOMB GETS GRADE II LISTED
Eight memorials, including mass grave for 15 children killed at their school, are given special status by Historic England... READ MORE›
BRITISH TWINS FIND SECOND WORLD WAR GRAVE OF FATHER THEY NEVER MET
Edward and Sydney Graham, now aged 74, travelled from their homes in northern England to attend the ceremony at Catania war cemetery, in Sicily, on Wednesday... READ MORE›
A BATTLE OVER FINDING VIKING WOMAN WARRIOR'S REMAINS
The emotional lure of the woman warrior, especially in the Viking Age, is too strong for reasoned argument, she wrote in a blog post Sept. 9... READ MORE›
MALAYSIA POLICE ARREST 7 TEENAGE BOYS LINKED TO DEADLY FIRE
Hundreds of relatives and well-wishers mourned as bodies of 11 boys, wrapped in white shrouds, were lowered into the graves in a cemetery outside Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›
MALAYSIA POLICE ARREST 7 TEENAGE BOYS LINKED TO DEADLY FIRE
Hundreds of relatives and well-wishers mourned as bodies of 11 boys, wrapped in white shrouds, were lowered into the graves in a cemetery outside Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›
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THOUSANDS MOURN VICTIMS OF QUEBEC MOSQUE ATTACK
Mass gathering in Montreal to mourn three of the six Muslim men killed at a mosque in Quebec City... READ MORE›
MASS GRAVE AT FORMER IRISH CATHOLIC ORPHANAGE CONFIRMED BY INVESTIGATORS
Members of the public at the site of a mass grave for children who died in the Tuam mother and baby home, in Tuam, County Galway... READ MORE›
DEAD TEENAGER 'WAKES UP IN GRAVE IN HONDURAS'
As I put my hand on her grave I could hear noises inside her husband Rudy Gonzales told Primer Impacto TV news... READ MORE›
REMAINS OF 19TH CENTURY CHINESE LABORERS FOUND IN PERU[1]
The secret tomb is the biggest burial site of Chinese migrants found in Peru... READ MORE›
SLOVAKIAN BROTHERS WIN TITLE OF CENTRAL EUROPE'S FASTEST GRAVEDIGGERS
Ladislav and Csaba Skladan produce neatest and quickest resting place ahead of nine rival teams from Poland and Hungary... READ MORE›
IS THIS THE WORLD'S MOST MACABRE ART GALLERY?
Growing up in Rione Sanita, he was a frequent visitor to the catacombs of San Gaudioso... READ MORE›
FAMILIES OF WORLD WAR II MIAS SUE TO IDENTIFY REMAINS
They flat out told us they were not going to exhume those remains, said Eakin, a Vietnam veteran who lives near San Antonio... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON STRUGGLE FOR SPACE TO BURY CHILDREN
One such town is Omariyah, which houses 15,000 Syrian refugees to 7,000 Lebanese, and where half of the local cemetery is occupied by dead Syrians... READ MORE›
'I THINK THERE ARE MANY MASS GRAVES AROUND IRELAND...BUT TUAM WAS A SEWAGE AREA'
In an emotional interview, Ms Corless said there needs to be further investigations of former mother and baby home sites around Ireland... READ MORE›
LASERS REMOVE CENTURIES OF GRIME, REVEALING LONG-HIDDEN ROMAN FRESCOES
The painstaking seven-year restoration, backed by the Vatican, focused on two burial chambers commissioned by successful bakers working in ancient Rome in the fourth century... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE 12 MOST BEAUTIFUL CEMETERIES IN THE WORLD
Established in 1804, the cemetery was first used for reburials from other parts of the city... READ MORE›
MASS INFANT GRAVE FOUND AT FORMER CATHOLIC HOME FOR UNWED MOTHERS IN IRELAND
An investigation was launched after reports surfaced in 2014 of a mass grave on the grounds of the former 'mother and baby' home in Tuam, Co Galway... READ MORE›
200 BODIES FOUND IN MASS GRAVE BENEATH PARIS SUPERMARKET
The individuals men, women and children were placed head to toe no doubt to save space, said archeologist Isabelle Abadie... READ MORE›
MIGRANTS FUNERAL HIGHLIGHTS REFUGEE CRISIS
European leaders have failed to reach agreement on a comprehensive plan to accommodate the newcomers, with no solution to the political gridlock in sight... READ MORE›
ANTHRAX OUTBREAK TRIGGERED BY CLIMATE CHANGE SICKENS DOZENS IN ARCTIC CIRCLE
Three unusual sinkholes were discovered on the Yamal peninsula in 2014, a phenomenon that many scientists also tied to climate change... READ MORE›
MASS GRAVE DISCOVERED AT EX-CATHOLIC ORPHANAGE IN IRELAND
Corless criticized the Bon Secours response as the usual maddening nonsense... READ MORE›
A GREENER AFTERLIFE: IS HUMAN COMPOSTING THE FUTURE FOR FUNERALS?
If Katrina Spade gets her way, human composting will someday be as normal as burial or cremation, and maybe, eventually, it will replace them both... READ MORE›
BRAZIL FOOTBALL CLUB TO OPEN CEMETERY
Fans will be able to choose from up to 70,000 plots at the Corinthians Forever cemetery near Sao Paulo... READ MORE›
ASHES OF ITALIAN COFFEE TYCOON PLACED IN A HUGE COFFEE POT AT HIS FUNERAL
Renato Bialetti, who has died at 93, made a worldwide success out of the Moka coffee makers invented by his father... READ MORE›
MONROVIA JOURNAL EBOLA THIEF OF RITUALS LEAVES NO GRAVES TO DECORATE
Burial is important in Liberian culture, and cremation is an uncommon practice... READ MORE›
GREEK WOMAN FEARED 'BURIED ALIVE' BY ACCIDENT AFTER MOURNERS HEAR CRIES FOR HELP FROM COFFIN
The 49-year-old woman had been declared dead by doctors treating her for cancer at a private Thessaloniki clinic early on Thursday morning... READ MORE›
QUEBEC CITY MUSLIMS WANT A SEPARATE CEMETERY BUT ARE MEETING RESISTANCE
A privately owned, nondenominational cemetery in a Quebec City suburb announced recently that it will set aside a section of its facility for Muslim burials... READ MORE›
HONG KONG JOURNAL HONG KONGS DRIVE FOR GREEN BURIALS CLASHES WITH TRADITION
Jeff Lin, who owns a small funeral shop in Hong Kong, said the government should focus on building new cemeteries, not promoting green burials... READ MORE›
'LONGEST LIVING HUMAN' SAYS HE IS READY FOR DEATH AT 145
If independently confirmed, the findings would make Mr Gotho a staggering 145 years old - and the longest lived human in recorded history... READ MORE›
IRAQ FORCES FIND '100 DECAPITATED BODIES' IN MASS GRAVE RECAPTURED FROM IS
The grave was found in Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometres 8 miles from the southern outskirts of Mosul, the last IS-held Iraqi city... READ MORE›
A TURKISH GRAVE FOR DROWNED MIGRANTS
Each body is bathed and shrouded, in line with Islamic rites, before being sent to the cemetery where the imams carry out a full Islamic funeral... READ MORE›
KUNDUZ JOURNAL TENDING TO THE LIVING AND THE DEAD IN A BATTLE-TORN AFGHAN CITY
Mr. Rassoul and his son had to chase the dog all through the cemetery, though in vain... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINE DICTATOR MARCOS BURIED AT HEROES' CEMETERY 'LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT'
Restituto Padilla said Marcos's remains were flown by air force helicopter from his northern Ilocos Norte hometown for burial at the military-run cemetery in Manila... READ MORE›
FRENCH MAYOR IN RACISM ROW AFTER DEAD ROMA BABY REFUSED CEMETERY PLACE
Christian Leclerc, mayor of Champlan, says quote given to journalist that graveyard was for those who pay taxes was taken out of context... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTERS BURIED IN QUIET FUNERAL FOLLOWING ISLAMIC RITUALS
Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who opened fire on a San Bernardino holiday party earlier this month, were buried Tuesday in a quiet, graveside funeral... READ MORE›