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Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral

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LONDON — Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who thronged the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age. In a country […]

Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar, ‘the Nightingale’, given state funeral

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MUMBAI, Feb 6 – Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s best known cultural icons and a singer who defined music for generations of her countrymen, died on Sunday and was given a state funeral as politicians and personalities united in mourning. Mangeshkar, 92, made her name in the world […]

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