Unlike the conclave that followed Pope John Paul II's death in 2005, cardinals didn't spend time in mourning.

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Salvage workers on Wednesday, two weeks after the collapse, said they had reached the ground level and didn't expect the death toll, already more than 800 at the time, to rise much further.

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But if you haven't and saw Mr Ross at any time on the day of his death, Monday 17 December, or the weekend before, then please come forward now.

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The move sets the stage for the Vatican to hold a conclave to elect a new pope by mid-March, since the traditional mourning time that would follow the death of a pope doesn't have to be observed.

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At the time, rabies wasn't suspected as the cause of the donor's death, and no rabies test was done before the donor's kidneys, heart and liver were delivered for transplantation in September 2011, the CDC said.

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The ones who remain are those who can't leave, or those who realise death may be around the corner but still want to live through this time.

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