MOSCOW (AP) _ Stunned Russians on Tuesday mourned the 118 sailors who died on a submarine as distraught relatives demanded to be taken to the spot in the Barents Sea where the bodies remained trapped in the wreck.
President Vladimir Putin, criticized for his administration's often bumbling handling of the crisis, was to fly Tuesday to the navy's main base in northern Russia, his press service said. Russian news reports said that he might go on a warship to where the Kursk sank on Aug. 12 to honor the crew. Full Story.
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