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August 9, 2005
Another Dark Day in History
NAGASAKI, JapanThe second and last city ever attacked by an atomic bomb marked the 60th anniversary of its devastation Tuesday with a Catholic Mass, a moment of silence and an impassioned plea for a global ban on nuclear arms.
About 6,000 people, including hundreds of aging bomb survivors, crowded into Nagasaki's Peace Memorial Park, just a few hundred yards from the center of the blast, for a solemn remembrance and moment of silence.
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Posted by Daffodil at August 9, 2005 10:43 AM
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