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Soldiers carry the casket of former Ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings, 73, during a state funeral for the revered leader who held power for 20 years, first as military ruler and later as elected head of state. IMAGES
The state funeral of former Malian dictator Moussa Traoré, who ruled Mali for 22 years, takes place in Bamako. In attendance is the head of Mali's current ruling junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, along with other former national leaders. IMAGES
Karachi (Pakistan), May 23 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Rehan Khan/Shahzaib Akber) The death toll in a plane crash in Pakistan rose to 97 on Saturday after rescue teams spent the night searching for survivors among the rubble in a residential area in the port city of Karachi where the state-owned Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight with 99 people on board crashed a day earlier.FOOTAGE OF THE FUNERAL OF THE SHAHARYAR ARMY MAJOR AND OF THE MORGUE.
The United States condemns recent Iranian strikes in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, which Tehran has claimed were carried out against "anti-Iranian terrorist groups." "We do condemn those strikes. We've seen Iran violate the sovereign borders of three of its neighbors in just the past couple of days," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Preparations are underway on Duomo square in Milan, as Italy prepares to bid farewell to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died on Monday, aged 86. Thousands of people are expected to attend the billionaire media mogul's state funeral which will be held in the city's Gothic Duomo cathedral and shown live on big screens on the square. IMAGES