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UK apologises after report finds minority WW1 troops not properly honoured

More than 100,000 African and ethnic minority soldiers, who died fighting for the British Empire in World War I, had not been properly commemorated due to "pervasive racism," a report finds.

Poverty-stricken Zimbabwe residents live in cemeteries

Worsening poverty in the African nation is forcing some residents of capital Harare to live in cemeteries with officials saying the settlements are illegal.

Turkish museum takes in 1894 grave of Russian soldier

The grave of a 19th century Russian soldier, Lt. Col. Karl Karlovich, was transferred to a Turkish museum in the northeastern city of Ardahan.