The prospect of a public military funeral is likely to further fuel debate in Turkey about the rapid deterioration of bilateral ties with Damascus, which has raised the specter of a regional conflict.

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The spokesman said the name of the funeral service and other details weren't public, because funeral arrangements are private.

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Initially a private funeral, the public was permitted to claim unfilled seats after the Musial family had entered into the near century old cathedral.

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Thousands of members of the public and the armed forces lined the funeral procession route through central London.

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The memorial was opened by the Queen on 6 July, when the Spencer and Windsor families came together in public for the first time since Diana's funeral.

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Just over a year later, she was at his funeral with her mother, an act of public regal recognition that moved the nation.

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When I met her shortly after Ninoy's funeral, she was under the illusion that as soon as public curiosity about her waned, she could retreat to the privacy of her old life and fight Marcos from the sidelines.

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Some 400, 000 people lined the route of the Queen Mother's funeral procession through London on Friday and since then members of the public have queued almost non-stop at Westminster Hall.

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Mr. Smith was identified using fingerprints just hours after funeral arrangements were made for Ms. Rebello, 21, a popular public relations major who was with her twin sister, Jessica, and several other students in an off-campus house at the time of the break-in.

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