A group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea on Wednesday visited a site in the suburbs of Pyongyang which is believed to contain the remains of some 2,400 Japanese nationals. The 11-member delegation of the Kita Izoku Renraku Kai group offered silent prayers for those buried at the so-called Ryongsan Cemetery, about 15 kilometers northwest from central Pyongyang. The aim of the group is to retrieve the ashes of relatives who perished in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II.

By Ross Kerber and Aaron Pressman BOSTON (Reuters) - The body of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev remained in limbo on Monday as his family searched for a cemetery that would accept the remains. Several Massachusetts cemeteries have refused to bury Tsarnaev, and protesters have staked out the Worcester funeral home holding the body. Despite a plea from the funeral home director, Governor Deval Patrick said on Monday he would not get involved.

The conundrum over what to do with the body of alleged Boston marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev grew Monday as authorities in his home city said they did not want him buried there. Meanwhile, a 19-year-old friend of the other accused Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was ordered free on $100,000 bail as he awaits trial for allegedly lying to investigators probing the attack. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died in a gun battle with police three days after the April 15 bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260 at the marathon finish line.

By Ross Kerber and Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A day of remembrance in Massachusetts reached around the world. Hundreds of mourners crowded outside a suburban Boston church on Monday for the first of a series of funerals for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. It was followed by an evening university service for another young life cut short, this time a student from China.