Violet willow branches were handed round in the churchyards as a traditional sign of good luck and welfare.

"Riddick" follows the dangerous, escaped convict who has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless.

The preview highlights the comedic side of Channing Tatum's Duke and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Roadblock.

The fire, which broke out in Mae Hong Son province, about 900 km north of Bangkok, has left more than 2,000 people homeless.

Berezovsky was a onetime Kremlin kingmaker who fled to Britain after a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Syrian "crisis" and the possibility that al-Qaida-linked groups could acquire chemical weapons was "the main consideration," he wrote.

“I always enjoy boxing against Arthur Abraham. I hope the managers agree. I’m ready,” Robert Stieglitz said.

In the film, Jason Statham plays a former soldier with a past who becomes involved in London's criminal underworld.