Komi mourns fire victims
Published: 03 February, 2009, 10:25
A day of mourning has been announced in Russia’s Komi republic where a fire at a nursing home killed 23 people.
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Published: 03 February, 2009, 10:25
A day of mourning has been announced in Russia’s Komi republic where a fire at a nursing home killed 23 people.