SLAIN FAMOUS JOURNALIST POLITKOVSKAYA WAS BURIED IN MOSCOW
Mourners walk in the funeral procession of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya on the way to the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow on October 10, 2006. Anna Politkovskaya, 48, was fatally shot in her apartment building Saturday. Today family, friends and admirers paid their final respect. (UPI Photo/Vladimir Velengurin)
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