Moscow to open new cemetery for the elite

Moscow will open its first cemetery for the elite in almost 250 years, a popular newspaper reported on Wednesday, to make sure Russia's high mortality rate doesn't deprive the city's most famous residents of a final resting place. The new cemetery will be reserved for those "who have made a meaningful contribution to the humanitarian sphere, or to culture, science or society," Komsomolskaya Pravda reported. The cemetery will be paid for by the city and federal subsidies, and will be open from 2012. (www.reuters.com/Oddly Enough)