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23-04-07, 21:18
• Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin dies aged 76, Kremlin confirms
• Russian news agencies report Yeltsin died of heart failure Monday afternoon
• National day of mourning, funeral to take place on Wednesday
• Former Soviet leader Gorbachev says Yeltsin suffered a "tragic fate"
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MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Yeltsin, who had suffered health problems since resigning from office on December 31, 1999, suffered sudden heart failure, medical sources told Russia's Interfax news agency.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/23/russia.yeltsin/index.html
• Russian news agencies report Yeltsin died of heart failure Monday afternoon
• National day of mourning, funeral to take place on Wednesday
• Former Soviet leader Gorbachev says Yeltsin suffered a "tragic fate"
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MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Yeltsin, who had suffered health problems since resigning from office on December 31, 1999, suffered sudden heart failure, medical sources told Russia's Interfax news agency.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/23/russia.yeltsin/index.html