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Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat

Many aging Hiroshima survivors express frustration over growing global support for nuclear weapons as deterrence.

Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima: What's changed?

TOKYO -- The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the ...
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Bishops in Japan: Atomic bombings a call to destroy nuclear arms, commit to peace

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Catholic Church must renew its ...
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In Hiroshima on anniversary of atomic bombing there, Cardinal McElroy highlights ‘new moment’ for renewing Catholic teaching on war and peace

In a talk in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of a Pilgrimage of Peace coinciding with the 80 th anniversaries of the United States ...

The Atomic Age began 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.
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Japan: Passing on the pain of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Japan on Wednesday marks 80 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima during the last days of World ...

Sobering simulation shows true devastation of Hiroshima atomic bomb 80 years on from tragedy

A Hiroshima atomic bomb simulation shows the extent of the damage done to the city 80 years ago when the Little Boy bomb was ...

As time silences Hiroshima, Nagasaki survivors, race is on to preserve their stories

Hundreds of people who lived through the atomic bombings 80 years ago, who many view as the only true nuclear experts, ...