51.   But the hardliners, under intense lobbying by government ministers, instead chanted prayers at the temple guesthouse of spiritual leader Ramchandra Paramhans before the stone ceremony.

52.   Clusters of weather-beaten mourners wearing dark jackets and felt or traditional Chechen hats chanted prayers around the gleaming white gravestones with blue Arabic inscriptions.

53.   Eight generals carried the coffin to the Great of the Nation square under pine trees, as a rabbi chanted a prayer for the dead.

54.   Many sang patriotic songs while others chanted Buddhist prayers.

55.   The police used tear gas on the demonstrators as they marched through the capital chanting a prayer and with their arms raised to signal they did not seek violence.