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Senior Saudi education official fired after textbook photo showed late ...
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A senior education official in Saudi Arabia has been fired after a school textbook erroneously included a digitally altered image of the late King Faisal that showed him sitting next to Yoda, a character from the “Star Wars” movie series, according to reports in the Saudi media. The English-language Arab ...
Thailand Bids Farewell to King in Lavish $90 Million Funeral
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BANGKOK – Thailand embarked on a new and uncertain era Thursday as the remains of the nation's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej were cremated at the culmination of a spectacular daylong ceremony estimated to cost $90 million that befitted the beloved monarch's standing as a demigod. Hundreds of ...
Thailand: Tears for late King as final rehearsals end | Inquirer News
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The final full-dress rehearsal for the grand royal procession that will bring HM the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej's cremains to the Grand Palace took place Sunday amid tears from onlookers. Thousands of black-clad people lined roads from Sanam Luang, where the Royal Crematorium is situated, to the ...
Thai King Funeral: King Bhumibol Adulyadej Cremation | Time
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At the center of this three-tiered royal crematorium — painstakingly carved from sandalwood and designed with murals by Thailand's top artisans over the past year — is the funeral pyre of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Thais all over the country will officially bid farewell Thursday to their beloved ...
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