The stars are the leaders who have decided not to get stuck in mourning the demise of their former professions, but to be the deciders who say what comes next.

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On Saturday, the Bahrain state-run news agency announced three days of mourning in that country and ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff there and at its embassies abroad.

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In order to be rid of his dire influence, we should have left the job of mourning him to his family and few close friends.

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Inside North Korea, citizens appear to be mourning Mr Kim - their leader since the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994.

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