• "I'm going to be asking them to rename the athletics track in the honour of John Tarrant and his brother Vic, " he added.

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  • There are films, exhibitions, books (see article), conferences and talks in the honour of the resistance leader and founder of the fifth republic.

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  • When you convene you will be reconvening, with a sense of not wholly the power, not yet wholly the power, but a good sense of what was once in the honour of your grasp.

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  • The Secretary-General attended a luncheon hosted by the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States in honour of the participants of the Cairo conference on Libya.

    UN: Secretary-General

  • At the cemetery where Dr Ali was buried, seven members of the military fired shots in his honour in the presence of hundreds of Maldivians.

    BBC: Maldives MP stabbed to death outside his home

  • Pte Wroe's father, Mick, led a round of applause in honour of the bravery of all the soldiers who have paid the "ultimate sacrifice".

    BBC: Pte Thomas Wroe

  • The bell of the destroyer HMS Verdun, which served in WWI, was rung twice in honour of the war dead.

    BBC: Millions mark lost WWI generation

  • Every year in late April, the twin villages of Saloor-Dungra in the state of Uttarakhand (northern India) are marked by Ramman, a religious festival in honour of the tutelary god, Bhumiyal Devta, a local divinity whose temple houses most of the festivities.

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  • Murder in the name of honour will be punished by the severest penalties available in law.

    BBC: 'Honour killing' father begins sentence

  • It will be followed by a civic reception, hosted by the Lord Provost in honour of the athletes, their coaches and support staff, as well as London 2012 officials and volunteers.

    BBC: Sir Chris Hoy

  • Stoke took their foot off the pedal for the last 20 minutes as their army of fans basked in the glory of a performance worthy of an occasion billed as Sir Stanley Matthews Day in honour of the club legend.

    BBC: Stoke 3-0 Blackburn

  • Earlier, delegates at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester held a minute's silence in honour of the two officers.

    BBC: UK

  • It will be called "copernicium", with the symbol Cp, in honour of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

    BBC: New element named 'copernicium'

  • Crucially, the number of people who believe that violence in the name of honour is justified is very, very small.

    BBC: Q&A: Honour killings explained

  • Puerto Madryn was originally founded under the name Porth Madryn in honour of the founding father of the Welsh immigrants - Sir Love Jones-Parry, the Baron of Madryn.

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  • Other British successes included Mumford and Sons who topped the rock, alternative and folk album artist categories, as well as scoring the honour in each of the genres for their album Babel.

    BBC: Adele named Billboard top artist of 2012

  • Members of the ship will lay a wreath at the Fowey War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday in honour of the fallen.

    BBC: Navy's newest ship visits Fowey

  • The festival is now held in honour of the town's patron saint, St Louis Bertrand, and the Mare de Deu dels Desemparats (Mother of God of the Defenceless).

    BBC: Spain's La Tomatina festival

  • Many Ukrainians, especially politicians who some joke have more sins than most, step inside ice holes - cut in the shape of a cross - to honour the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River.

    BBC: Pagan holidays in modern Ukraine

  • Earlier this year, at the suggestion of United fans, one of the stands at Tannadice was named in his honour and thousands of United fans wore One Eddie Thompson T-shirts at the CIS Cup final against Rangers in March.

    BBC: Dundee Utd chairman Thompson dies

  • The robot is called Papa Mau in honour of the late Micronesian navigator Pius "Mau" Piailug, who had a reputation for finding ways to navigate the seas without using traditional equipment.

    BBC: PacX Wave Glide

  • The flags at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, were to be flown at half-mast in honour of the dead, he added.

    BBC: CIA chief confirms seven officers killed by Afghan bomb

  • The fish has been named Chromis abyssus in honour of the TV series.

    BBC: Pacific dives recover novel fish

  • The Police Federation has begun selling wristbands in honour of the officers, with all money raised to be donated to their families.

    BBC: Manchester police funerals: Call to line the streets

  • They even learned to flatter the packs of western journalists who descended on Tehran: a lavish press breakfast was held in honour of the foreign guests.

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  • The John Ivinson Memorial Prize is named in honour of the late John Ivinson who was an active member of the UK National Commission for UNESCO Communication and Information Committee and past president of the British Computing Society.

    UNESCO: Student Journalism Competition

  • Mr Beales was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the RHS in recognition of his success as a rose grower, which began in 1968, when he opened his business in Swardeston.

    BBC: Peter Beales: RHS Chelsea gold-winning rose grower dies

  • The Dr John Garang Memorial University, named in honour of the SPLM's former leader who died in a helicopter crash in 2005, was set up in 2008.

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  • He added that the official funeral attended by foreign heads of state would take place at 10:00 local time (14:30 GMT) on Friday, and called on Mr Chavez's supporters to wear clothes in the three colours of the Venezuelan flag in his honour.

    BBC: Iconic Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez dies

  • The council said the honour was in recognition of the "invaluable and distinguished service given to the nation", particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    BBC: Royal Irish Regiment receive freedom of Lisburn

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