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Media reports from Israel, along with eyewitness accounts from my friends over there, indicate there is a very light turnout for the state ceremony honoring Ariel Sharon today. These same sources tell me that things could change
tomorrow. Look for a larger crowd. That’s when dignitaries from around the world arrive to see Sharon buried in his last resting place, and my contacts say it is an old custom in the Middle East to pay “mourners” (like extras) just for showing up. df]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israelis lined up outside Israel's parliament building on Sunday to pay their last respects to Ariel Sharon, the hard-charging former prime minister and general who died over the weekend.
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