1. After the official mourning period following the death of a pope, cardinals hold a secret vote in the Sistine Chapel to choose a successor.
2. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Confucian demand for a strict period of mourning for deceased parents.
3. State television announced that the mourning period will begin today and be marked by flying the national flag at half mast.
4. Ford's body will lie in state for a period of public mourning in the Capitol Rotunda beginning this weekend.
5. The family was then due to hold two days of shiva, a Jewish traditional period of mourning.
6. " Our sympathies are with the Palestinian people as they begin a period of mourning, " Bush said.
7. The Olympic torch relay - which had just reached China after some turbulence abroad - was suspended during the mourning period.
8. Togo have since quit the tournament and returned home for an official period of mourning.