51.   It was standing room only as thousands of anonymous mourners paid their last respects to Marguerite Duras, a cult figure in elite literary circles who was buried Thursday.

52.   Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi arrived in Tel Aviv Thursday to pay last respects to the five United Nations troops killed in a helicopter crash in Lebanon.

53.   Meanwhile, thousands of French, young and old, on Tuesday braved cold drizzle to pay their last respects to Mitterrand.

54.   MIC president and Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu paid his last respects to the victims at the house.

55.   Noor paid her last respects to Hussein in a private room at the Bab al-Salam, or Door of Peace, palace on the outskirts of Amman.

56.   On Tuesday, security in the capital was tight as last respects were paid to Cho Lei Oo, a lecturer in history at Rangoon University.

57.   President Soeharto is expected to pay his last respects this morning.

58.   Reverent pilgrims come to pay their last respects, or brash intruders desecrating sacred ground?

59.   Revolutionary leader Chen Yun, who died Monday, had requested that no memorial service be held or last respects paid, a government spokesman said Thursday.

60.   Several hundred mourners gathered outside the garden to pay their last respects.