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Saturday, October 30, 1999 Published at 17:12 GMT
World: Europe
In pictures: Armenia's grief
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Funereal music was relayed to mourners waiting for the cortege to cross Yerevan's central Freedom Square.
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Soldiers carried the body of the late Prime Minister, Vazgen Sarkisian, through the throng.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was among leaders to attend the ceremony, offering support and calling it a "sad and mournful day".
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The coffins were laid side by side on the opera house stage, with large portraits of the victims propped in front and candelabras lit behind.
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