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Kosovska Mitrovica doctor laid to rest

Several thousand citizens attended the funeral on Saturday of local doctor Mesud Džeković, who was killed in an explosion on Friday during Serb protests. Along with family, friends and neighbors, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović, Serbian parliamentary MPs and local government officials also attended the funeral service.

10 Reasons Why Internet Explorer 6 Needs to Be Laid to Rest

News Analysis: It’s not often that Internet Explorer 6 comes up in conversation these days. But it’s in the news again after some of its remaining friends and enemies organized a funeral service for this moribund, yet still widely-used version of the Microsoft Web browser. It’s time to discuss why, after so many years of availability, Internet Explorer 6 must be laid to rest now and forever.

A group of more than 100 people will gather in Denver, Colorado
Thursday to finally put Internet Explorer 6 to rest. The funeral will be used
to signify the long-overdue demise
of Microsoft’s browser, which has been in operation for
much of the past decade. The funeral also comes jus…


Patriarch Pavle to be laid to rest

The spiritual leader of the Serb Orthodox Christians, His Holiness Patriarch Pavle, will be buried today in Rakovica, near Belgrade. Holy Liturgy was served this morning by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Cathedral Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Belgrade, where the body of the patriarch has been lying in state since Sunday.

Patriarch Pavle to be laid to rest on Thursday

The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), His Holiness Patriarch Pavle, has died in Belgrade at the age of 95, it has been announced. The patriarch passed away at 10:45 CET on Sunday, at Belgrade’s military clinic VMA, where he had been receiving medical treatment since November 2007. The clinic announced that he died in his sleep.

US President Barack Obama congratulated Hamid Karzai on his re-election as President of Afghanistan and asked him to improve governance, besides eradicating corruption. Congratulating Karzai over telephone on his re-election on Tuesday, Obama told the Afghan leader that his administration needs to be more serious in its efforts to eradicate corruption. Later, Obama said that Karzai assured him that he understood the importance of the time of his re-election. “But as I indicated to him, the proof is not going to be in words, it is going to be in deeds,” Obama said. Informing reporters about his call with Karzai, Obama said at his Oval Office, “I spoke with President Karzai and I congratulated him on his election for the second term as President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.” Although the process was messy, the US President said he was pleased with the final outcome as it was in accordance with Afghan law. This, according to him, was important not only for the international community that has invested so much in Afghan success, but most importantly, is important for the Afghans that the results were in accordance with and followed the rules laid down by the country’s constitution. “I did emphasize to President Karzai that the American people and the international community as a whole want to continue to partner with him and his government in achieving prosperity and security in Afghanistan,” Obama said.

Iran said on Monday it is ready for new talks on how to procure nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor and prepared to purchase the supplies from any world producer.
“We are ready for the next meeting regarding the supply of fuel for the Tehran research reactor,” Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s envoy to the [...]

Michael Jackson Laid To Rest

Michael Jackson’s friends and family bid farewell to the King of Pop at Forest Lawn Memorial Park & Mortuary in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday evening, CNN reports.
Dozens of stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin and his girlfriend, Mila Kunis, Quincy Jones, Berry Gordy, Rev. Al Sharpton, Corey Feldman, Barry Bonds, Miko Brando, Michael’s ex-wife Lisa [...]

Final farewell as Michael Jackson laid to rest

Family and friends of Michael Jackson will bid a final farewell to the King of Pop Thursday as the singer is laid to rest in a private ceremony at a star-studded Los Angeles cemetery. More than two months after Jackson’s sudden death from a drug overdose on June 25, mourners will gather for

Kennedy, eulogised by Obama, laid to rest

Democratic lion Edward Kennedy was Saturday reunited with his slain brothers laid to rest in a Virginia cemetery as a lone bugle player brought the curtain down on a political dynasty. Surrounded by his tight-knit family which has dominated US politics for half a century, Kennedy’s body was