Catherine Baker Knoll, who at age 72 became the first woman to be elected as Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor, died Wednesday after a four-month battle with cancer. She was 78. (Nov. 12)
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Miriam Makeba, or 'Mama Africa', the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice, has died at the age of 76, leaving a great legacy behind.
Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabbari looks back at her life of struggle and achievement.
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This is a rendition of the famous 13th century Latin Catholic hymn, "Dies Irae" (or, "Day of Wrath," about the Second Coming of Christ and Judgment Day). This rendition is off the 1994 CD, "Ego sum Ressurectio," and is difficult to find.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's grandmother died of cancer, he said in a statement on Monday, a little more than a week after Obama interrupted the White House race to say goodbye to her in Hawaii. (Nov. 3)
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messa da requiem verdi
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II. Dies irae, dies illa - tuba mirum
Anna tomowa_sintow, soprano
Agnes baltsa, mezzo
Jose carreras, tenor
jose van dam, bass
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Fire fighters fought a house fire in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday, only to uncover a pet dog risking his life to protect four kittens trapped in the blaze. (Oct. 27)
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marissa cooper dies in an accident in an episode named the graduates. Earlier in the day, they graduated, as stated by the name, and Ryan gets a car from his mum. Volchek, is angered that he can't have Marissa, he therefore tracks them down.
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Video for the song "Lies that Bind", off the album Dismantling Devotion by Daylight Dies. High quality QuickTime version available at www.daylightdies.com or myspace.com/daylight dies. Directed by Ramon Boutviseth.
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The small Siberian town of Berdsk is in shock after a six-year-old fell to his death from a Ferris wheel. The police are now looking into why bystanders did nothing to intervene to help the boy before he plunged the 15-metre drop.
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Studs Terkel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose best-selling oral histories celebrated the common people has died in Chicago. He was 96. (Nov. 1)
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