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MOSCOW, July 5 (UPI) -- Government and TV officials paid their final respects during the full military burial in Moscow for Russian singer Lyudmila Zykina, ITAR-TASS reports.
The Russian news agency said the military honors accorded Zykina Saturday at Moscow's Novodevichye cemetery represented a rare honor among Russian citizens.
The funeral, attended by Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev and State Duma Vice Speaker Lyudmila Slisk, featured a military orchestra, an honor guard and was punctuated with a volley of artillery fire.
The funeral came after Zykina, who died Wednesday of heart failure at the ago of 80, was honored with a ceremony at the Tchaikovsky concert hall and a funeral service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
ITAR-TASS said Zykina's final resting place resides near the graves of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, ballerina Galina Ulanova and musician Mstislav Rostropovich.
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MESA, Calif., Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Jesse Farrelly, the 20-year-old son of filmmaker Bobby Farrelly, has died in Costa Mesa, Calif., after a long battle with drug addiction, his family said.
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CHENNAI, India, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
A ninth-grade science teacher in Chennai, India, was stabbed to death by a15-year-old student irate over her complaints to his parents, police said.
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ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Greek workers went on strike Friday, the second time this week they walked off their jobs to protest the country's new austerity programs.
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