Death Toll From Russian Nightclub Fire Reaches 109 -- RIA Novosti
The death toll from a horrific fire that engulfed a nightclub in Russia's Urals early on Saturday has risen to 109, local investigators said.
The fire broke out at the Lame Horse club in the city of Perm during an indoor fireworks display soon after 01:00 a.m. local time.
"During the fire, 102 people died. Seven more have died in hospital," an Investigation Committee spokesman told RIA Novosti.
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Despite the objections raised by her family about the Italian justice system, etc., it is strange that this Knox trial has attracted so much international attention
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