BORIS YELTSIN DEAD AT 76 IN MOSCOW
The widow of Boris Yeltsin, Naina receives the National flag that covered casket of first Russian president Boris Yeltsin during a funeral ceremony at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow on April 25, 2007. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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