71.   Thousands were waiting along an elevated walkway where the ritual can be performed, and some elderly persons in front sat down to rest, said a Saudi doctor.

72.   Aung San Suu Kyi has performed the ritual regularly, even during the six years she spent under house arrest, the aides said.

73.   The Sunday Times said the police called in a Buddhist counsellor who performed the rituals on board a police coastguard boat before releasing the urns.

74.   Traditionally, bodies of the dead must be buried to enable families to perform rituals a year after the death to initiate the deceased into the spirit world.