In China, the news of the graduate student's death set off a wave of sympathy on social media sites.

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Lt Col Colin Weir, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, said his death had "sent a wave of shock and sadness through this battlegroup".

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John Kennedy's death unleashed a wave of public emotion and a predictable flood of media coverage around the world.

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The past few years have been turbulent times for Rogue Wave: After dealing with the death of bassist Evan Farrell following his departure from the group, the band has had to work around drummer Pat Spurgeon's ongoing struggles with a lifelong kidney disorder.

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More than 100 people have been killed in Sudan this week in a wave of riots and ethnic clashes sparked by the death in a helicopter crash of John Garang.

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Respect MP George Galloway has criticised the "tidal wave of guff" over Lady Thatcher's death, saying comparisons to Sir Winston Churchill, who led the country during World War II, were "absurd".

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Here, she stands atop a flowing wave of red and white marble, and emerging from beneath her is the winged skeleton of Death, holding aloft an hourglass: a terrifying memento mori hidden in this setting of religious beauty.

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If he once was seen as the wave of the future, he seemed less so at his death.

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The sudden death of Nestor Kirchner in October 2010 brought her a wave of public sympathy.

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