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South African experts study causes of saiga pestilence in Kazakhstan Causes of the recent massive die-out of rare saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan is studied by South African specialists.

07 July 2015 22:41

World's oldest man dies at 112 in Japan The world's oldest man, Sakari Momoi, has died in Japan at the ripe old age of 112.

07 July 2015 12:37

Ex-French interior minister Charles Pasqua dies aged 88 Former French interior minister Charles Pasqua, a hardline politician who was a close ally of former president Jacques Chirac, died Monday aged 88.

30 June 2015 13:54

Primakov, ex-PM 'who turned around Russia,' dies aged 85 Russia's former prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, famed for turning around his US-bound plane over the Atlantic upon learning of NATO's bombing of Serbia in 1999, has died aged 85.

27 June 2015 10:21

High emotions as Charleston mourns massacre victims Emotions ran high as defiant mourners held the first funeral services for nine African Americans shot dead by a white alleged supremacist in a Charleston church.

26 June 2015 13:45

Hollywood mourns 'Titanic' composer Horner Shell-shocked Hollywood mourned James Horner, the Oscar-winning composer of musical scores for "Titanic" and "Avatar," who died in a plane crash aged 61.

24 June 2015 12:15

Composer for 'Titanic,' 'Avatar' dies in plane crash: report James Horner, the celebrated composer for some of Hollywood's smash-hit films including "Titanic" and "Avatar," died Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61.

23 June 2015 12:48

86 teens committ suicide in 5 month in Kazakhstan Prosecutor General’s Office has reported 86 suicide cases among teenagers in Kazakhstan.

17 June 2015 18:49

German big band legend James Last dies at 86: promoter German composer and big band leader James Last, whose trademark easy listening music brought him international success, has died aged 86.

10 June 2015 16:38

Dzhuna, Kremlin psychic healer, dies at 65 Dzhuna, a famed mystic healer and astrologer who is said to have treated Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Russian celebrities, died on Monday at 65.

09 June 2015 12:09

Obama to deliver eulogy for Biden's son US President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at the burial of Vice President Biden's son Beau, who died of cancer aged 46.

03 June 2015 12:59

Russia suspects pasteurellosis as cause of saiga die off in Kazakhstan Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance has commented on the mass saigas die off in Kazakhstan.

02 June 2015 16:58

Kazakh officials discuss connection between Proton launches and saiga deaths Is there a connection between the mass die-out of saigas in Kazakhstan and rocket launches from Baikonur cosmodrome?

31 May 2015 03:36

SUV crashes into kindergarten playground killing a 5 y.o. girl and injuring 8 children in Almaty Black Toyota Land Cruiser has crashed into a kindergarten playground killing a five-year-old child in Almaty’s Taugul 1 Mikroraion.

29 May 2015 12:11

B.B. King death probed as homicide after poison claim: coroner Las Vegas police have launched a homicide investigation into the death of B.B. King, a coroner's office.

26 May 2015 14:30

70 Dalmatian pelicans found dead in western Kazakhstan 70 Dalmatian pelicans have been found dead in Atyrau Oblast in western Kazakhstan.

25 May 2015 19:24

'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in US car crash Nobel Prize-winning US mathematician John Nash, who inspired the film "A Beautiful Mind," was killed with his wife in a New Jersey car crash.

25 May 2015 13:17

Memphis plans send-off for 'King of the Blues' Memphis, Tennessee, where guitar legend B.B. King started his career, will mourn the late King of the Blues with a procession next week before his burial in his native Mississippi.

22 May 2015 10:10

B.B. King service in Vegas before Mississippi return Fans will pay last respects to B.B. King in Las Vegas before the blues legend returns to be buried in his native Mississippi.

19 May 2015 15:22

Blues legend B.B. King, 89, mourned by music world Blues legend B.B. King, whose crisp, powerful guitar licks made him among the instrument's greatest masters and a towering influence for generations of musicians, has died at 89.

16 May 2015 13:04

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