Funeral for Italian Cop Killed in Football Riot

"Thousands of Italians have attended a funeral in the Sicilian town of Catania for a policeman killed during a violent riot between football fans on Friday. Mourners clapped as Filippo Raciti's flag-draped coffin was taken into the cathedral square and across the country...

Hizbollah buries dead, urges unity

" BEIRUT (Reuters) Army lifts Beirut curfew; schools, universities remain closed Lebanese resistance group Hizbollah and allies held funerals yesterday for three activists shot dead during sectarian clashes in Beirut and called for unity among the Lebanese to stop their...

Lebanon Buries a Dream

"As Pierre Gemayel is laid to rest and pro- and anti-Syrian factions square off for a confrontation, the modern Lebanese state appears to be on life-support. The rituals of martyrdom are sadly familiar to the Lebanese: Barely hours after the assassination of Pierre Gemayel,...

Lebanon Buries a Dream

The rituals of martyrdom are sadly familiar to the Lebanese: Barely hours after the assassination of Pierre Gemayel, billboard-sized posters with his portrait began appearing, as if, like obituary editors at a newspaper, Lebanese political parties keep the obligatory martyr...