my heart plays the reed pipe of mourning. in a place where he once said my mother will ask for me, now he cannot move his hands, now he cannot move his feet. i would see my child. the mother walked to the desolate place. she looked at the slain wild bull. she looked into its face. she said, my child, the face is yours. the spirit has fled. there is mourning in the house. there is grief in the inner chambers. the sister wandered about the city, weeping for her brother. gestanana wandered about the city, weeping for dimusi. oh, my brother, who is your sister? i am your sister. oh, dimusi, who is your mother? i am your mother. the day that dawns for you will also dawn for me. the day that you will see, i will also see. i would find my brother, i would comfort him, i would share his fate. when she saw the sister's grief, when anana saw the grief of gestana, she spoke to him gently. dimusi is no more. i would take you to him, but i do not know the place. then a fly appeared. the holy fly circled the air above anana's head and spok

having been occupied, notes mourn for the loss of their song. i am for a concert of horses, the origin of gazelle leapt up from the heart of al gubungi. have you made small steps into the desert within us or listened for the gutterals longed deep within our throats, you would have come bearing gifts. i have nothing in red that i would not abide in green. el batanabi wrote the heart of our silken tanab, what need have we for you? no poem has ever enough red but that its blood might river beneath the veins of its people. beneath the desert sun, one man by one man by one man breathes six. thousands of tons wrung sonorous from the sky. where is god? black-eyed woman, the street dogs are running wild. will you save me? simple white ignorance, even the desert has gone into hiding. there is no more meaning here than the crested moon holds towards a dying grove of date trees. i am for the arabic, for the transcription of the arabic, zato dates over fire-baked bread. the twin rivers have already called for us a history. our poets have already explained t

his parents are mourning but out of respect to her son they refuse to second guess his -- their son they refuse to second guess his choice to join the army at a time of war even when the nation is debating the value of continuing that armed conflict. >> the politics behind it didn't mean anything to him. it was his job to do what he was told and he did it to the best of his ability and that's for other people to decide whether we should be there or not. >> reporter: the family asked and the army agreed that sean cutsforth, a young man from manassas, will be buried at arlington national cemetery with thousands and thousands of other service personnel who also fought in america's wars. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >> sean cutsforth is survived by his parents, three siblings and his wife pregnant with their child. >>> coming up this is your last weekend before christmas to get all of your shopping done. tomorrow malls across the area are extending their hours. we have the rundown. >>> and a storm will be making its way across the east coast this weekend, but will it be close enough to bring s

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. >>> friends and family are mourning the death of a star high school football player in newark. he was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon. sharon chin shows us why the young man was so well liked and admired. >> reporter: 17-year-old justus's brothers around sisters, friend and even strangers gathered where the star football player was stabbed to death wednesday after school. his older brother. >> devastating to hear what happened. so we couldn't believe, you know,. >> reporter: when police arrived at the intersection of cedar boulevard and burt street he was lying on the ground bleeding and died on the scene. police say apparently witnesses ran off but officers need their help to identify suspects and a motive. >> there may have been an incident that occurred prior to this approximately two months ago that may be involved. so investigators are going back to see if this is something retaliatory in nature. >> reporter: loved ones mourn the defensive lineman with a promising future in college football. they called him a faithful friend. >> he was a loving, caring person. he woul

the mourning is held for many days ahead of ashura, the most important event for the shiahs, on thursdayas part of the ceremony the shia muslims gather in mosques to recite poems and litanies in praise of the imam. they also give charity to the socially disadvantaged people. >>> two months ago 33 miners in chile were greeted with cheers after they were rescued. but days before that their fellow workers were greeted with layoff notices. now that the mine's closed, its former employees are scrambling to feed their families. nhk world's atsatoshi nishikawa has more. >> reporter: 47-year-old arnold alvarez woshlgd at the mirked a nearly ten years before the accident. now that it is closed, he's out of work. >> translator: i don't have a job, but i still need to send my children to school. i don't know what to do. >> reporter: today a ceremony in nearby copiapo city to give thanks for the miners' rescue. amid the festivity, many laid-off workers like alves have gathered here. they press mining minister lawrence golborne for support. the accident turned the 33 trapped miners into heroes. alvir

russian polish ties continue to war as the two nations mourn together. in twenty ten russian marks sixty five years since defeating nazi germany in what's known as the great patriotic move. an elaborate braid was how one red square as heads of state looked on to commemorate some twenty seven million soviet minds lost during world war two. it was the first time in history countries that made up the allied forces took part in the tradition. twenty ten also saw the return of cold war spy scandal sending bombshells like her out of chapman into the headlines for weeks and then home to russia just don't fit that bill nelson inspires me more than the amount and the quality of people i met in new york it's the strongest largest and the most solid community in the world. but you didn't get to stay for long fam fatah anna chapman was just one of ten alleged russian spies exchanged in vietnam for four american spies serving sentences in russia the scandal worthy of a hollywood blockbuster broke just after obama and medvedev dished out politics over burgers in virgi

president obama mourns his loss, too.er he has written to the family of dr. benjamin hooks. april 20, 2010. dear friends, michelle and i were so sad and to learn of the passing of dr. benjamin hooks. please accept our sympathies as you mourn his loss and reflect upon his life. as a civil-rights leader and a pastor, he holds an extraordinary place in our history. the federal communications commission and earned the presidential medal of freedom. he will be remembered for his dedication to our nation's founding principles and for his faith. he will be sorely missed. michelin tire will keep you in our thoughts and prayers. it may his strength guide you and make your memories of him continue to bring you great joy and pride. sincerely, barack obama. thank you. [applause] >> and now, let's hear from this wonderful musician by the name of kirk wailem. [applause] ♪ [piano playing] [piano and saxophone playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> everybody, stand up. it is half time. everybody, a standout. let your blood circulate for just a min

. >>> new at 6:00, north bay college students mourn a classmate shot and killed by police.ight now, we're sorting out conflicting reports about what happened and what the student was doing with a gun. also, will bay area drivers get caught in a toll road between three bay area counties. late breaking details on a critical decision. low income schools in the east bay flooded with brand new books. we reveal how a bay area ban is in the books for helping kids, tonight at 6:00. 0!ockÑ?çóxo?Ñ=çñÑñçvxqx?ñññ?óioy >>> the controversy over the military's don't ask don't tell policy is heating up in capitol hill. tonight house democrats say they will introduce a new bill to overturn the law that allows gay and lesbians from openly serving in the military. now democrats are making a last ditch push to pass the measure before a new republican majority takes control of the house in january. >>> oak lands's campaign to keep the a's in that city moved a small step closer to reality today. the city committee approved a plan to spend $750,000 of redevelopment money for a study. the location

. >>> the monasses family is mourning the loss of a soldier killed in afghanistan. and he died on patrol this week and tonight his remains will arrive. >> sean was a very athletic kid. his mom snapped this picture of a young shawn in his catcher's mask. >> he wanted to try it on and fell asleep with it. everything. >> and he would always sleep with his equipment of the. >> reporter: after high school, sean won a baseball scholarship to virginia wesleyan college. after three semesters, he announced he wanted to join the army, sean's dad, a navy veteran, said everyone was impressed with sean's thorough research. >> and he looked at the services and coast guard and air force, marines and it was a well-thought out decision. >> any and he wanted to serve his country. that is what we had to let him do. >> reporter: he told his parents he loved his army and was considering making it a career. esday, his patrol in eastern afghanistan came under small arms fire and he was killed and his parents are mourning and out of respect to their son, they refuse to second guess his cho

she went into permanent mourning here at schoenbrunn and left the affairs of state to her sonjoseph ii. tantalizing aromas float over from the hofbackstube cafe in the schoenbrunn park area. we're joining other hungry observers at an apple strudel-making demo. here, you have the chance to watch a professional sugar baker . the viennese made famous this delicacy, with its thin layers of dough and sweet apple filling. then bread crumbs roasted in butter, cinnamon sugar, raisins, and soak it in rum for 24 hours. and lemon juice. maxa, voice-over: its origins most likely extend to the early greeks, who perfected the method of making thin dough for baklava pastries. won:ow to get the apple strudel on the baking tray. with the cloth, i roll it upside down... and so now, make a little loop, and lift it gently. then i roll it carefully on the baking tray and not on the floor. maxa, voice-over: after the hungarians improvised on baklava techniques, ne stepped in and perfected the strudel. after finishing our strudel, we've settled in for a concert in schoenbrunn's former greenhouse and music co

. >> an east baltimore community is in mourning this afternoon after an early morning fire claims the lives of six people. i am sarah caldwell. baltimore fire crews are still on the scene. among the victims, three children. firefighters arrived on homewood avenue to find a two story home fully engulfed in flames. lowell melser is live at the scene of the fire. >> this is simply a tragic story, especially this close to the holidays. firefighters and investigators are remolding degree from the home. -- removing debris from the home. since the fire broke out on the 2300 block of homewood avenue, many have come by to look at it in amazement. just before 5:00 a.m. this morning, the fire broke out, and because of high winds, it quickly spread. since -- when the fire was under control, fire fighters went inside three different times, making heartbreaking discovery is. six people were killed in total. we spoke to the deceased children's pont. >> they were beautiful children. to see six bodies died in a fire, it is overwhelming. i am trying to hold the family up, and make sure they receive the

still coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪electronic santa song ♪electronic santa song >>> washington is mourning death of richard holbrooke. he had undergone 20 hours of surgery to repair a torn aorta. he played a key role in the obama administration in afghanistan. >>> a british judge granted bail to wikileaks leader julian assange today but he remains in jail pending a possible appeal. the 39-year-old has spent a week in a on done prison. he's fighting extradition to sweden where he is wanted on sexual assault charges. many say his extradition would make it easier for him to take action. >>> a 12-year-old taken from virginia is back there this afternoon. brittany smith is back with her family. 32-year-old jeffrey easley is charged with her kidnapping. the pair was spotted outside a san francisco supermarket last week. her mother was found dead and easley is a suspect. >>> stick around. your complete first warning forecast is now two and a half minutes away. first, take a look at today's midday stocks followed by last night's multimatch numbers. night's multimatch numbers. ,, 3q copd makes it h

>> as a personal friend, someone -- this is a moment for us to mourn his death rather than focus on what will happen. afghanistan is going to continue to be there. the u.s. will have to find somebody else to do the job that richard holbrooke was doing and do it as well. it is a job and people need to find a way to bring stability and insurer withdrawal at some point in the future of american and nato forces from their. they will have to [unintelligible] there are a host of civilian problems from the reconstruction to getting an afghan police force and national army up and going. in the case of pakistan, there is the issue of building trust between pakistan and the u.s. and getting over the mistrust our countries have towards one another. it is something that would require a level of engagement. i am not certain at this point who or how the u.s. government intends to replace what he brought to the table. >> just as a final thought from you. how would you sum up richard holbrooke in a sentence? >> he was a man of great passions and he was quite capable of being seen as very forceful. he wa

right now, i'm mourning my beautiful and loving sister. >> beautiful and talented as well. tell us about sylvie and her company. >> she was a rising star. excelled in her studies. was a loving, caring person. so creative and passionate. about what she did. she had started her own line, syla. and her plans were always to relaunch this. she touched so many people. that was going to be her legacy. she was going to continue doing it. just a wonderful person. >> given that nicholas is the prime suspect in her murder can you tell us, is there any desire that you have to speak with him? to ask him what actually happened? to ask him why he did what he did, if he is, in fact, proven guilty? >> i'm sure that will come with time. right now, i think all about my little sister. >> can you tell us what will happen going further with her company? will you take over? is it still up and running? >> we're going to make sure that her legacy is protected. if there's some way to continue her legacy through some scholarship for young designers or something like this, we'll explore this type of t

her commune recall -- funeral combined mourning with the warm glow of cherished memories. >> reporter: the church where she worshiped opened its doors to elizabeth edwards for the last time. mourners filled the pews. john edwards was there but didn't speak. the beloved friend. >> she truly looked for the angels in all of us. >> the supportive classmates. >> offering comfort and love and telling the truth. >> reporter: above all, words from elizabeth to her three surviving children, emma, jack and cate. >> all i ever really needed was you, your love, your presence to make my life complete. you are complete joy to me. i hope you always know that. le wherever i am, wherever you are. i have my arms wrapped around you. >> reporter: two blocks from the church, a few unwelcome visitors from the church notorious for heckling mourners at. she hoped to reyou night wid wade who was killed in a accident. >> death offers me that which life can't offer me. >> reporter: she has left the world, but elizabeth edwards has left behind a legacy of courage, determination, and love, a love that is the gift

. >>> moving along now, this rng month, an east bay family is mourning the loss of their son killed in the line of duty. 26-year-old sergeant matt abate was killed in action on thursday. the maried father of two was in his third deployment. he is the eighth former student from buchanon high school in cloe advi clovis to die in the last six years. we will be right back. woman: did you bring the camera phone? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photograph the front and back of your check using the chase mobile app on your iphone, and hit send. it went through. this is so cool. this is so cool. you wanna try it? yea. ok. all right. who's next? make a deposit from anywhere, anytime-- with your iphone. to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪ >>> good morning. take a live look at san francisco. i a nice day, a little bit of gray and cloud cover. rain tomorrow. >>> this morning, ten children are saved from human traffickers thanks to a bay

this morning in tehran, thousands marched for a period of mourning for muslims. these pictures posted online showed the security needed for the event. a year ago, opposition protesters took advantage to protest against the government. now the opposition has largely gone from the streets. he led the opposition green movement in the 2009 presidential election. the government ruled that he lost the vote. now he is not allowed to appear in public. one of his main advisers has escaped into exile. he insists that the green movement is not dead. >> our reaction has changed. we do not need to be on the streets all of the time. the government says that the movement has been silenced. if that is the case, why do they not allow us to organize peaceful protests it? that is unlikely to happen. the small protest at the university in tehran earlier this month is about as big as anti-government demonstrations can get. protesters now have to go online. they can chat in online spaces. people are still active. the demand is there. >> does it worry ahmadinejad? it is hard to tell. h

i want -- in fact, they saw him two days ago for christmas dinner, tonight they are mourning his death. >> he takes a close-up look at the devastation that used to be his father's home. >> i remember fixing a short in that wall years ago. >> reporter: fire officials told him his father was upstairs where the fire started and that it had been smoldering for quite some time before it lit up. neighbors reported the flames just before 203 30 -- just before 2:30. they are still not sure exactly why the fire started in the first place. >> reporter: he was a member of the armed services. >> where patton was directing the tanks in that movie, he remembers seeing patton off in a distance. >> reporter: they won in germany, so like many young americans, he was sent off to japan to finish the war. but he never quite made it there. >> that's when they let off the atom bomb and that turned around a lot of troops like him. >> reporter: he married, had two kids and two grandchildren. he was an accountant until he retired. >> well loved, respected person here. didn't have a grouchy bone in his body. yo

. >>> friends and family are mourning the loss of a student who was shot and killed.police say justice apollo was stabbed. his mother believes a confrontation may be related to her son's death. police say they have looked into that story but cannot confirm it. police hope people who may have witnessed the stabbing will come forward. >>> a dna expert took the stands and linked genetic evidence to some but not all of the defendants. rita williams was in court today and she joins us now live from martinez with the details. >> reporter: with seven defendants, the preliminary hearing here is taking a long time. >> we're winding down. >> reporter: today each defense attorney tried to pick apart the dna evidence presented by this man, dave stockwell. the 19th witness to testify. >> long testimony day. >> reporter: stockwell says he received dna from all of the suspects. the strongest evidence stockwell testified is connected to the oldest defendant, 43-year-old crane. sperm found on the victim's body as well as a broken condom. trace dna found on the same condom was linked t

he died almost instantly as news spread, thousands of fans gathered at the scene to mourn the musicians death. >> to open bracke♪ imagines alle ♪ >> 30 years later, this area still draws fans of his music. >> he lived in a time in which i was not born yet but is moving so touching. this is very emotional. >> his relationship with paul condi came to an acrimonious end when the beatles split in 1970. he also continued to write and perform music. "we all sinon," sang john lennon in the song "instant karma." -- we all shine on destination. >> when he opened the final round of climate change talks in mexico, the u.n. secretary general made an urgent appeal to government ministers to take serious steps to curb global warming. environmental activists hope that canker and will yield more concrete progress than the 2009 conference in copenhagen. even though a binding global pact is not in place, people across the planet are still moving towards renewal energy sources that provide economic savings and greater economic freedom. we lk at some efforts made around e world toward energy independence.

we mourn for you. who not only love you dearly, he stood up for your time and again, bravely to protect you and defend you. yes, he was a big father, a good father. he loved his grandchildren, one of the last things he told me -- he told me that he and -- he is glad that i am a grandfather. i am the oldest grandfather in the united states senate. [laughter] at the age of 85 by became a grandfather. ted says," i don't know if you will have any more but i am looking forward to several more." girls -- [laughter] keep in mind. yes, it is a time of morning but it is always a time of reflection and celebration. millions of words have been spoken, printed, written about ted. they have reminded us of the tragic year of 1978 when he lost his beloved anne. when i saw him, he said," why anne, not me?" he was ready to give up but he realized that he had a duty to carry out. he'd stop on. thank god. that reminded us of a recent trial. but i knew it and we all knew it that he was not guilty and he was vindicated, cl