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Nagasaki marks 80th anniversary of atomic attack as survivors put hopes of nuclear ban in hands of young people

The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands ...
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At Peace Memorial Mass in Nagasaki on anniversary of atomic bombing, people encouraged to bring Christ’s love and peace to the world

Participants in a Pilgrimage of Peace to Japan to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima ...

How the atomic bombing of Nagasaki tore apart Japan’s understanding of motherhood

Nakamura was 21-years old and was hanging laundry outside around 11am when the bomb fell on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. She ...

Nagasaki mayor warns against nuclear war on 80th anniversary of atomic bomb attack

The Mayor of Nagasaki Shiro Suzuki made a plea for world peace during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic ...
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Nagasaki commemorates atomic bombing 80 years on

Japan marked 80 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, with survivors calling for a world free of nuclear ...
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Cork artist inspired by uncle who was on the plane that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki

Patrick Penney's granduncle had a key role in the Manhattan project, and as well as being on the plane that dropped the ...
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Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped

On the 80th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, President Truman deserves credit for the first use of the ...

South Korea’s atomic bomb survivors just want to be heard

Treated as outcasts for decades, these survivors and their children are now speaking out against global nuclear rearmament.