PERM, Russia - Flags flew at half mast and entertainment programs were canceled across Russia on Monday as the country mourned 112 victims of a weekend nightclub inferno and dozens more fought for their lives in hospitals. Mourners heaped red and w
PERM, Russia - Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the 112 victims of a weekend nightclub blaze, as investigators stepped up their probe into fire safety breaches and burials continued in Perm. The number of casualties remained
LAHORE - The wife of Pakistani bowling legend Wasim Akram was laid to rest in Lahore on Monday, mourned by hundreds of people after her sudden death in India from heart and kidney complications. Huma Akram, 42, died in Chennai on Sunday and her bod
SURKHAKHI, Russia - More than 3,000 people gathered Monday in the Russian republic of Ingushetia to bury an opposition campaigner whose murder rights groups say has underlined the slide into violence across the North Caucasus. Concern has mounted i
PADANG, Indonesia - Whole villages in Indonesia's quake zone were found obliterated by landslides Saturday, as rescuers searched desperately for up to 4,000 people believed still trapped in the disaster area. The extent of the damage from Wednesday
CAIRO - Look, that's where the swine flu is going to come from, said a weary Marzouka Beshir, pointing to a pile of rubbish rotting under the blazing sun in Imbaba, a working class neighbourhood in Cairo. In their overcrowded areas, overflowing w
HAVANA - The remains of Cuban revolutionary hero Juan Almeida Bosque will be buried in a mausoleum for rebel fighters in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, the government announced Monday. Almeida, who fought alongside former President Fidel
FREETOWN - Sierra Leone officials Saturday said they have buried 120 people who died in this week's ferry disaster off the coast of the west African nation, but scores more passengers are still unaccounted for. Naval Lieutenant Mohamed Turay of the
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