Borbon said his community has definitely noticed more criminal activity.

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In the funeral hall, more than 30 political leaders including Cuba's Raul Castro, Spanish Crown Prince Felipe de Borbon, and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood at attention before Chavez's flag-draped coffin, which was closed for the ceremony.

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In other cases, like that of Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski-Borbon, a descendant of Polish royalty now living in London, Nazi German occupation meant the loss of their former palaces and the works of art inside them.

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