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Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin died today in the Central Clinical Hospital as a result of a deteriorating cardio-vascular problem.
Boris Yeltsin, who clambered on to a tank to bury the Soviet Union, then led Russia falteringly through its first years of independence, died on Monday aged 76.
World leaders showered Yeltsin with tributes for bringing freedom and democracy [...]

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Representing America’s anguish, President Bush told Virginia Tech students and teachers at a somber convocation Tuesday that the nation was praying for them and “there’s a power in these prayers.””It’s impossible to make sense of such violence and suffering,” Bush said at a memorial service on the campus where 33 people, including the suspected gunman, [...]

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Riot police beat anti-Kremlin demonstrators in St. Petersburg Sunday in a second day of clashes in Russia as the authorities crushed the attempt of hundreds of demonstrators to stage a march to government buildings at the end of an officially-approved rally on the edge of the city center.Dozens of people were arrested before and during [...]

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