So to pay respects to their loved ones, many ride a ferry across the Hudson River.
They are less concerned to pay respects to their former rulers than to honour their status as Caliph, head of the Islamic faith.
"We will be working closely with Forest Lawn to ensure the safety of those who want to pay their respects to Michael Jackson while ensuring the safety of others who are coming to the cemetery to pay respects to their loved ones, " he added.
Even the Raptors' media relations staff found a way to pay their respects to Boston.
Hundreds of thousands of Armenians took to the streets of Yerevan to pay their respects to the victims.
Since then thousands of people have turned out to pay their respects to other servicemen killed in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Conservative MPs queued up to pay their respects to their former leader.
Chaos erupted at the hospital when former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived to pay his respects to Bhutto less than three hours after her death.
They said they were relieved to finally be able to pay their respects to a brother and uncle who went missing from Cleethorpes in September 1989.
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Just down the road, a steady stream of neighbours was filing through the brand-new home of Marohso Jantarawadee to pay their respects to his widow, Rusanee.
So on Black Light she conspires with hip-hop and pop producer-arranger Mike Elizondo on an album that seems designed to pay its respects to pop radio.
It seems that each year, I'm so wrapped up in the too-brief strawberry season that I fail to pay my respects to the too-brief cherry season.
Hundreds of fans were also there to pay their respects to the actress, many of them representatives of the 30 charities Dame Thora supported during her lifetime.
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On a crisp autumn morning, assorted military, religious and political dignitaries turned out to pay their respects to those who died in the two world wars and other conflicts.
Former pupil Jade Sprigg, 20, was at school with Mr Rippington's son, and went to the funeral to pay her respects to the man who taught her for four years .
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And it was a chance for me to convey the gratitude of an entire nation and to pay my respects to an American who reflected the best of who we are as a people.
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Mr Wannell said the townsfolk did not come out to honour the soldiers "for any political reason at all" but to pay their respects to "those who have given their lives for our freedom".
Speaking during a visit to the Fyvie war memorial in Aberdeenshire, Mr Salmond said the new fund would help communities across Scotland to continue to pay their respects to those who fell during both world wars and other conflicts.
In non-military cemeteries the fallen are likewise honored, usually by friends and relatives, but anyone is free to pay their respects to those who made the greatest possible sacrifice so that the rest of us can continue to do what we enjoy doing.
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Like a Republican congressman from Wisconsin taking an unexpected detour to say his piece and pay his respects to a constituency poorly served by both parties, despite the likelihood that he'll be hammered by some in his own party.
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The prime minister and his Algerian counterpart will pay their respects to those who died in the hostage crisis in the desert.
All sections of the community appeared to have turned out to pay their last respects to a man who put the town on the world sporting map.
" On a recent day, Ronnie Carvey, Taneisha Beckford and their 3-year-old son were among those stopping at the grave to pay respects, with Carvey explaining to his child that Robinson was a "famous baseball player.
Hundreds of people came from all over the country to pay their last respects and the tributes to Don were numerous and heart-felt.
The German president visited Kalavryta in 2000 to pay his respects but stopped short of an official apology so as not to broach the topic of reparations.
The week began with a procession of anti-agreement figures to Drumcree to pay respects.
After the tributes, Emerson's parents greeted the hundreds of mourners who came to pay their respects.
Among the many ordinary Mancunians who stopped to pay their respects, few knew Nicola Hughes.
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