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HAILE SELASSIE BURIED 25 YEARS AFTER DYING
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SUSAN LINNEE, Associated Press
The Columbian
11-06-2000
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Bells tolled and thousands of Ethiopians wailed and applauded Sunday as Haile Selassie, their last emperor, was finally laid to rest 25 years after his mysterious death.
As leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church stood by, resplendent in their colorful robes, elderly veterans of Ethiopia's 1936-41 struggle against Italian occupation carried the coffin draped in the nation's red, green and gold flag up the steps of Trinity Cathedral. The emperor's family, friends and associates embraced at their first ...
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