2009年8月29日星期六

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Despite rain, Kennedy mourners flock to church (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 04:21 PM PDT

The casket of Sen. Edward Kennedy is carried into Our Lady of Perpetual Hope Basilica in Boston, Saturday, Aug., 29, 2009 for a Roman Catholic Funeral Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - Hundreds of mourners lined the sidewalks near Boston's Mission Church where a funeral Mass was held Saturday for Sen. Edward Kennedy, with some holding signs urging lawmakers to approve health care legislation in his honor, and other saying they just wanted to witness a moment in history.


Kennedy carried to Arlington, laid beside brothers (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 04:58 PM PDT

The funeral procession of  Sen. Edward Kennedy crosses the Memorial Bridge as it heads to Arlington National Cemetery from Washington, the Lincoln Memorial is in the background in Arlington, Va. Saturday Aug. 29, 2009.  Kennedy died late Tuesday of brain cancer at the age of 77. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was laid to rest alongside slain brothers John and Robert on hallowed ground at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday evening, celebrated for "the dream he kept alive" across the decades since their deaths.


Philippine Muslim extradited to US for kidnap (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 10:56 AM PDT

Map of the Philippines locating the island of Mindanao where 16 people, including four Americans, where abducted for ransom in 1995. An alleged member of a Philippine Muslim extremist group was extradited to the United States to face charges of kidnapping four US citizens, US embassy statements said on Saturday.(AFP/Graphic/File)AFP - An alleged member of a Philippine Muslim extremist group was extradited to the United States to face charges of kidnapping four US citizens, US embassy statements said on Saturday.


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