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Hundreds of mourners gathered at a state funeral for former conservative prime minister Malcolm Fraser.

• 27 марта 2015, 12:00

Former president Bill Clinton will lead a delegation from the United States to the state funeral of Lee Kuan Yew.

• 26 марта 2015, 14:43

Former conservative prime minister Malcolm Fraser died after a short illness at the age of 84.

• 20 марта 2015, 15:14

Leonard Nimoy, who died Friday at the age of 83, will be remembered best for playing Mr Spock in the film and TV versions of "Star Trek."

• 28 февраля 2015, 14:27

Jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, the playful soloist and teacher whose seven-decade career spanned a golden era of jazz, has died at 94, his wife announced.

• 23 февраля 2015, 13:53

Hundreds of people attended the Islamic burial of the gunman who killed two people in twin shootings in Copenhagen last weekend.

• 21 февраля 2015, 13:31

A group of police women are already hard at work practising their punches, on a mission to rid the city's streets of sexual predators.

• 17 февраля 2015, 14:02

Veteran French actor Louis Jourdan, who starred in "Gigi" and "Octopussy", has died in Los Angeles at the age of 93.

• 16 февраля 2015, 12:56

The 38-year-old British actor, who has a best actor nod for playing codebreaker Alan Turing in "The Imitation Game", insists he can and has played idiots.

• 06 февраля 2015, 13:23

Italian-born French piano virtuoso Aldo Ciccolini died overnight at his home in the Paris area after a long illness.

• 02 февраля 2015, 15:13

Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee told the UN Security Council that peace worldwide was losing ground and fear is on the rise.

• 20 января 2015, 11:02

Former US president George H.W. Bush will stay at a Texas hospital through the weekend after experiencing breathing problems.

• 28 декабря 2014, 13:37

Former president George H. W. Bush greeted Christmas Day in a Texas hospital, where he remained for a second night after experiencing breathing problems.

• 25 декабря 2014, 14:32

Legendary singer Joe Cocker, whose intense, gritty voice won him wide acclaim that spanned both rock and blues, has died at age 70.

• 23 декабря 2014, 14:49

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez received the key to Panama City from its mayor on Monday, in honor of the billionaire's achievements in business and sport.

• 23 декабря 2014, 13:33

Locals in Bilbao say an art museum helped save their Spanish city from decline. Now they are glad to know their saviour, the Guggenheim, will be staying for some time.

• 22 декабря 2014, 13:49

Christmas has exploded in the atheist nation in recent years, with marketeers using everything from saxophones and Smurfs to steam trains to get shoppers to open their wallets.

• 21 декабря 2014, 12:52

The head of India's opposition Congress party, Sonia Gandhi, has been hospitalised for a respiratory infection, her party said on Friday.

• 19 декабря 2014, 14:53

Workers in Chinese factories making Apple products are poorly treated, with exhausted employees falling asleep on their 12-hour shiftsю

• 19 декабря 2014, 12:50

Brazilian soccer legend Pele has recovered well from his kidney ailment and can leave the hospital.

• 09 декабря 2014, 14:00