41.   Orthodox priests performed traditional religious rites for the dead at the site Saturday.

42.   Religious rites reflect a diversity of cultures and variety of Christian sects.

43.   Rice cultivation is a religious rite in Japan, and tradition says a spirit dwells in the rice plant.

44.   Tabots are found in all Ethiopian churches and are central to many religious rites there.

45.   The Chinese offer them to the gods during religious rites and also believe the fruit symbolises fertility.

46.   The Pamplona bull running is the best known, but there are countless other summer festivals across Spain that feature animals in rituals that originated as religious rites.

47.   The process was to begin Thursday, and a boat also was to take relatives to the crash site for religious rites.

48.   The sultan and his two wives are regular visitors to Saudi Arabia, where they come to perform religious rites.

49.   The Thai workers, hired by the Japanese government, performed Buddhist religious rites Tuesday before beginning the five-day dig.

50.   The Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to perform religious rites and hold talks with Saudi officials.