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Wednesday, 9 July, 2003, 14:22 GMT 15:22 UK
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In pictures: Iranian twins mourned
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Separate at last: Ladan and Laleh Bijani lie side by side in shrouds as Singapore's Iranian community prepared to say goodbye
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As community members said prayers, a close friend wept over the twins' bodies...
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... while women who had helped prepare the twins for burial looked on sadly
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Afterwards community members sat and prayed around the twins' coffins...
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... before tenderly carrying the twins on towards their final journey home to Iran
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Muslim schools across Singapore held prayer services for the twins
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Outside the twins' home in Tehran, mourners lit candles and posted pictures of Ladan and Laleh...
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... whose bravery had touched so many
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