11.   On one recent morning, Keshav Gajurel, retired from a government-owned knitting mill, was at the temple for the funeral rites of his brother Netra.

12.   One Mexican writer was conspicuously absent from the funeral rites.

13.   Special foods and funeral rites!

14.   The degree to which the funeral rites must be altered in these circumstances vary, depending on the religious tradition.

15.   The government has also threatened to arrest any citizens who visit North Korea on their own or conduct funeral rites in South Korea.

16.   The Roman Catholic Church prefers the presence of a body at its funeral rites.

17.   The writer said that one reason for emphasizing the man-woman confrontation in his version was that it seemed more credible today than arguments over funeral rites.

18.   Other funeral rites are not affected by the ban, the report said.

19.   A confessed atheist, Sharif asked his Muslim family not to perform the Islamic funeral rite of janaza, a religious obligation for the family.

20.   A seven-day period of Buddhist funeral rites began Tuesday.