Hundreds of people in the Philippines have been queuing to pay their respects in front of the body of former leader Corazon Aquino, who died on Saturday.

菲律宾上千人排队与星期六逝世的前领袖Corazon Aquino遗体道别。

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The Malaysia opposition leader's wife was among those to pay their respects

Mrs Aquino's body is lying in state at a Catholic school in Manila, where it will remain until Monday morning.

The Philippines has declared 10 days of mourning for the former president.

Mrs Aquino, Asia's first female president, led the 1986 "people power" uprising that deposed²（免职，作证） dictator（独裁者） Ferdinand Marcos.

Many of people the people who gathered at the De La Salle school where her body is lying in state were dressed in yellow, the colour associated with the "people power" movement.

Crowds have also been visiting her home and the shrine³ where her 1986 revolution culminated⁴, leaving yellow flowers and lighting⁵ candles.

Flags are at half-mast and hundreds of people have tied symbolic⁶ yellow ribbons to cars and trees.

Mrs Aquino had been suffering from colon⁷ cancer（结肠癌） for more than a year when she died aged⁸ 76.

She was catapulted into politics following the murder of her husband, the prominent Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, who had been preparing to run for president.

After winning the presidential elections in 1986, she went on to run a country deeply divided after years of martial⁹ law and communist insurgency¹⁰（起义）.

She battled several coup¹¹ attempts against her rule, protected the country's fledgling democracy and freed political prisoners.

In recent years, she campaigned against former President Estrada, but then reconciled with him to join protests against incumbent¹²（现任） President Gloria Arroyo¹³ over allegations of vote-rigging and corruption¹⁴.

"She left a big imprint¹⁵ on our history," said Florin Nagit, one of the mourners at the De La Salle school.

"I think she made Filipinos think of how it is to live as a Filipino, to be courageous¹⁶ and most of all to be honest and sincere."

News of Mrs Aquino's death drew numerous international tributes.

Among those to visit the school was Wan¹⁷ Azizah Wan Ismail, the wife of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Mrs Aquino will be buried beside her husband at the Manila Memorial Park in a private ceremony on Wednesday.