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Drone_pilot
12-08-05, 14:39
Remembrance services are being held in Russia to mark five years since the Kursk submarine sank in the Barents Sea after a torpedo exploded on board.

Flags were flown at half mast on all Russian navy vessels and sailors observed a minute of silence.

Church services were being held in Moscow, St Petersburg and at the sub's base of Vidyayevo. A new monument was being unveiled in the city of Kursk.

BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4144194.stm)