Former US Secretary of State dies

Former US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who worked for peace in Bosnia and the Mideast in the Clinton administration, has died in Los Angeles, a law firm spokeswoman said today.

Spokeswoman Sonja Steptoe from law firm O'Melveny & Myers where Christopher was a senior partner, said he died at his home on Friday night of complications from bladder and kidney cancer. He was 85.