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  • July 2008

    • Freed Militants Vow to Continue Fight With Israel

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 2:30 PM CDT

      Freed Militants Vow to Continue Fight With Israel

      A day after being freed in a prisoner exchange, Hezbollah fighters vowed to continue to fight Israel as they prayed at the grave of a fallen commander, the AP reports. “At this moment, I am yearning more than before to confront them,” Samir Qantar, who had been jailed in Israel for almost 30 years, said at a cemetery near Beirut. More »

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      Israel  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • Beirut  • Mideast peace talks  • corpse  • prisoner exchange  • Samir Qantar

  • May 2008

    • Final Doomsday Cultists Exit Russian Cave

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 16, 08 10:15 AM CDT

      Final Doomsday Cultists Exit Russian Cave

      The final nine members of a Russian doomsday cult holed up in a cave to await the apocalypse (coming this month) have abandoned ship, unable to stand the stench of two people who had died. Thirty-five followers of a self-declared prophet calling himself Father Pyotr climbed into the cave in November and threatened to blow themselves up if police tried to remove them, the BBC reports. More »

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      Russia  • cancer  • psychiatry  • cult  • corpse  • caves

    • Mom, Kids Lived With Corpse of Woman, 90

      newser  |  The Wisconsin State Journal  |  May 10, 08 10:09 AM CDT

      Mom, Kids Lived With Corpse of Woman, 90

      A  woman and her self-proclaimed "bishop" have been arrested after cops found the decomposing corpse of a 90-year-old woman on a toilet in the house she shared with her two kids, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. The woman said the bishop of her tiny religious group told her her God would bring the corpse back to life if she prayed hard enough. More »

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      child abuse  • Wisconsin  • cult  • corpse

  • April 2008

    • No Rest for the ... Faithful? Italy's Padre Pio On Display

      newser  |  BBC  |  Apr 24, 08 7:35 PM CDT

      No Rest for the ... Faithful? Italy's Padre Pio On Display

      Beloved saint Padre Pio, exhumed in March after 40 years, is now on display in southern Italy, where 700,000 faithful have signed up to view his remains, BBC reports. The archbishop who ran the exhumation marveled at the body: “The knees, hands, mittens, and nails are clearly visible.” More »

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      Italy  • Catholic Church  • corpse  • sainthood  • Padre Pio  • exhumation

  • January 2008
  • May 2007

    • Chinese Killer Supplied Corpse Brides

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 18, 07 9:13 PM CDT

      Chinese Killer Supplied Corpse Brides

      Chinese authorities have arrested a man said to have killed six women in order to sell their bodies to families seeking "ghost brides"  to marry their deceased sons. He and three other corpse traders are reputed to be members of an underground supply network prompted by  a growing demand for  afterlife spouses in rural areas, the Guardian reports. More »

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      China  • murder  • corpse

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