Funeral of Utoya victim Bano Rashid; foreign minister speaks

(29 Jul 2011)
1. Wide exterior of church with mourners gathered outside for funeral (UPSOUND) bells tolling
2. Mid of mourners outside church
3. Wide, zoom in of graveyard
4. Mid of mourners outside church
5. Coffin (draped in Kurdish flag) being carried to graveyard, mourners walking past
6. Pan of coffin being carried to graveyard, mourners walking past
7. Mourners leaving church, carrying flowers (UPSOUND) crying
8. Wide of people walking towards grave
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonas Gahr Stoere, Norwegian Foreign Minister:
"It''s the first of far too many services after the terrible catastrophe last Friday. But it was warm, it was very close to her local community and I think that''s how we will see it in the coming days - that these were loved ones close to home, and there is a togetherness around Bano, who we followed today, and also I think the parallelism between the Christian ceremony and the Muslim ceremony was perhaps the best way of turning the back to the visions of that horrendous crime."
10. Wide exterior of church and mourners gathered outside
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonas Gahr Stoere, Norwegian Foreign Minister:
"Well, to me it comes to the fact that this was a girl who was ready to devote herself to democracy and politics. She had ambitions, and she knew it would be through elections and representation that she could solve them. That ranged from fixing the buses here in Nesodden, to the fate of Kurds in her former homeland, to equality between men and women. So she had a full-scale political talent. Very early on. But I think we all who have been in politics for a while saw a great talent emerging. And the fact that she''s gone does not mean that her inspiration is gone. I think a lot of young people now come out to politics because of what they now learn about her."
12. Wide, slow zoom in of Norwegian flag flying at half staff
STORYLINE:
Norway began burying its dead on Friday, a week after an anti-immigrant extremist killed 76 people in a bombing and shooting rampage.
18-year-old Bano Rashid, a Kurdish immigrant from Iraq and aspiring politician, was the first victim to be laid to rest since the gunman opened fire at a political youth camp and bombed the government headquarters in Oslo.
The small country church in Nesodden, outside the capital, was packed with mourners, with many having to wait outside in the sun during the service.
The service was jointly lead by a Christian minister and a Muslim imam, who walked in front of the casket, which was draped with a Kurdish flag, and Norwegian ribbons.
After a funeral service, Rashid was buried in a Muslim rite.
Many of Rashid''s friends attended the service, with some young mourners sobbing openly while walking towards the cemetery.
Later, Norway''s foreign minister said Friday''s funeral was "the first of far too many services after the terrible catastrophe last Friday". But he described it as "warm" and "very close to her local community".
Speaking to journalists after the service, Stoere said Rashid "was a girl who was ready to devote herself to democracy and politics".
Stoere described a young political activist just starting her career, who cared about local issues as well as global problems. "So she had a full-scale political talent" Stoere added.

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