national mourning

Uganda has declared a week of national mourning for the victims of the bombings.

Poland's parliament speaker, the acting president, declared a week of national mourning.

The government has sought to quell growing discontent by declaring a week of national mourning, but the questions remain.

It said the 73-year-old leader had passed away following a heart attack, announcing 30 days of national mourning.

Lebanon declared a national mourning day, and a parliamentary session was canceled.

China today declared three days of national mourning for its earthquake victims and ordered a suspension of the Olympic torch relay.

Portugal is expected to announce three days of national mourning following the floods that have hit Madeira island, killing 42 people.

President Hu Jintao flew back to Beijing after three days in the earthquake zone for the start of the period of national mourning.

China observed three days of national mourning for those killed by the recent earthquake in the province of Sichuan.

President Dilma Rousseff, visibly upset, rushed back from a summit in Chile and declared three days of national mourning.

Although the Shanghai Expo Garden still opened on Sunday, it also joined the national mourning for the victims.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced a three-day national mourning period for the dead.

The Olympic torch resumed its relay through China following a three-day national mourning period for quake victims.

The prime minister announced Nov. 25 as the national mourning day to commemorate those people killed in the stampede.

Pakistan is observing a day of national mourning following the country's worst-ever air disaster.

Cixi held after the death of a formal national mourning.

Officials and diplomats in Dhaka say the capital remains tense as Bangladesh concluded a three-day period of national mourning.

On Friday, the first day of national mourning, protesters in Tunis welcomed police officers who joined them for the first time.

Today marks the first of three days of national mourning for the earthquake victims.

Mr Putin declared tomorrow and Tuesday as days of national mourning.

China declared three days of national mourning in the wake of the 7. 9-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province.

President Arroyo declared 10 days of national mourning in honor of Aquino.

The BBC's Chris Hogg in Beijing says that large scale national mourning like this is rare in China.

The government also announced three days of national mourning to begin Monday at 2: 28 p. m. , exactly one week after the earthquake struck.

This is the first time in Peru for foreign victims declared that the "national mourning day. "

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