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World Leaders, Nation Pay Tribute to President Reagan

By PBS News Hour

U.S. and world leaders bid farewell to former Pres. Ronald Reagan at Washington's National Cathedral Friday in an official state funeral celebrated with military precision and patriotic pageantry.

A Nation’s Farewell

American and foreign dignitaries paid final respects to former Pres. Ronald Reagan at a state funeral in Washington before his body returned to California for burial at sunset. Kwame Holman narrates an extended summary of the day's events.

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Gunmen Attack Najaf Police Station; Turkish Hostage Tape Airs

Shiite gunmen loyal to Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attacked an Iraqi police station in the southern city of Najaf late Wednesday, burning police cars, looting the building and controlling it for two hours.

Frozen in Time

Terence Smith visits the Bettmann Archive, one of the world's most renowned private collections of historical photographic and graphic images, and explores the arduous process of preserving delicate historic images.

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Clear Channel to Pay Record Fine for Indecency Charges

Clear Channel Communications Inc., the leading owner of U.S. radio stations, reached an agreement with the Federal Communications Commission to pay a record $1.75 million fine to settle numerous indecency charges, the federal agency announced.

U.N. Iraq Resolution Angers Kurds; Iraq Violence Continues

As violence flared in Fallujah Wednesday, the Iraqi interim administration also faced the threat from Kurds that they may leave the newly formed government if Shiites gain too much power.

Nation’s Farewell to Former President Reagan

Ronald Reagan's flag-draped coffin arrived in Washington on Wednesday as throngs of onlookers lined the streets in a show of respect for the former president whose official state funeral was the first in more than 30 years. Haynes Johnson and…

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Nation’s Farewell to Ronald Reagan

Gwen Ifill discusses the tribute to Ronald Reagan and some moments of his presidency with author and journalist Haynes Johnson and Los Angeles Times Washington bureau chief Doyle McManus.

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Stealing Minds: Alzheimer’s and Reagan

As America remembers Ronald Reagan, renewed attention is focused on Alzheimer's. Terence Smith discusses Alzheimer's disease and efforts to treat it with Dr. Ron Petersen, director of Alzheimer's Research at the Mayo Clinic and the first physician to diagnose President…

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Iraqi Militias, Excluding Radical Cleric Fighters, to Disband

Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced Monday that nine militias, consisting of more than 100,000 men, would disband. Loyalists to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who have been fighting coalition troops for months were not among them.