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People arrive at the farewell ceremony and lay flowers for Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the USSR. Gorbachev -- affectionately known in the West as Gorby -- died on Tuesday at the age of 91 following a "serious and long illness", the hospital where he was treated said. IMAGES
Images of the Gorbachev's coffin being loaded into a car and taken to the cemetery after his funeral ceremony in Moscow. Gorbachev died on 30 August at the age of 91, following a "long and serious illness", said the hospital where he was being treated. IMAGES
Images of the scene outside the House of the Unions in Moscow, where people wait for the farewell ceremony of Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the USSR, to begin. IMAGES
Russian president Vladimir Putin pays tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union who has died at the age of 91. The Kremlin has announced that Putin will not attend Gorbachev's funeral. IMAGES
Josep Borrell Fontelles, the EU's top diplomat, says "Mikhail Gorbachev sent a wind of freedom to Russian society," following the death of the former leader of the USSR. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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