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Kuwaitis say farewell to much-respected emir

PROBLEMS AHEAD Sheik Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah's death on Sunday has created a succession crisis, unresolved by the appointment of the crown prince as the new emir

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , CAIRO

Others stretched their hands up high to take pictures of the coffin with their cellphone cameras.

Many women standing at the back of the cemetery, dressed in black, broke down in tears.

Some of them carried photos of the late emir, and a number were accompanied by their young children.

As Kuwaiti satellite television broadcast the funeral procession, the announcers heaped praise on the emir.

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