Muhammad Ali funeral: Thousands line route for farewell

Thousands are attending a farewell procession for boxing legend Muhammad Ali in his home city of Louisville, in the US state of Kentucky. Onlookers lining the roadside waved, took photos and chanted "Ali, Ali" as a cortege led by the hearse carrying his coffin drove through the downtown area. The heavyweight champion and rights activist died last Friday aged 74. The cortege is taking Ali's body past key sites in his life, ahead of...

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Manohar Aich: Top Indian bodybuilder dies, aged 104

Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe 1.49m- (4ft-10.5in) tall bodybuilder was popularly known as 'Pocket Hercules' Tributes have been paid to a celebrated Indian body-builder, Manohar Aich, who has died in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta), aged 104. Mr Aich died of age-related "complications" on Sunday, his family said. He is survived by four children. Mr Aich was the first Indian to become Mr Universe in 1952, five years after the country's...

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