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B.B. King recalled with love, humor at Mississippi funeral

Courier Newsroom - June 1, 2015

INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) _ B.B. King's early life personified the blues: He was born to dirt-poor sharecroppers in the cotton country of the Mississippi...

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Nelson Mandela buried in rolling hills of South Africa

Courier Newsroom - December 15, 2013

QUNU, South Africa (AP) — His flag-draped casket resting on a carpet of animal skins, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest Sunday in the...

International

Traditional tribal rituals at Mandela's funeral

Courier Newsroom - December 15, 2013

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An ox is slaughtered, the deceased is wrapped in a lion skin and a family elder keeps talking to the body's...

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