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NSW defacers to work with veterans
Brisbane :: Australia | 1 month ago
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NSW war memorials will be forced to work with veterans in a bid to educate them about Anzac spirit and history. The plan, under which offenders could be compelled to maintain war memorials, assist with tours or work with the RSL Corps of Guards, will
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New king and queen lay wreath at Remembrance Day ceremony
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 1 month ago
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Novum King Willem-Alexander and queen Maxima have laid a wreath at the national war memorial in Amsterdam in their first public role since Willem-Alexander became head of state. The wreath-laying ceremony was followed by two minutes silence and the
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Remembrance Day should only focus on World War II: Jewish groups
Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 month ago
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Hans Vuijsje says the Jewish community has been deeply hurt by expanding the Remembrance Day event to cover soldiers who died in conflicts post 1945. Until 1961, the ceremony focused on World War II victims but was then expanded to cover people who
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Hitler pinata smashing questioned
Berlin :: Germany | 1 month ago
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The German embassy has questioned the appropriateness of a Tauranga bar's commemoration of Anzac Day which involved an Adolf Hitler pinata, and said Germany had faced up to its past and worked to make things better. "Anzac Day is about thinking of
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Survivors will help mark Holocaust museum anniversary
Boynton Beach :: FL :: USA | 1 month ago
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EDT April 28, 2013 As the museum turns 20, officials understand that the demise of those who survived the prison camps as children means looking backward in a different way. The adult survivors of the Holocaust are mostly gone now, and those who
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‘I feel so, so ashamed of what I did'
Wollongong :: Australia | 1 month ago
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Two men who climbed the Cenotaph in Martin Place and abused passers-by have been arrested and charged. The men, a 19-year-old and a 22-year-old from the Wollongong suburb of Dapto, were apparently intoxicated when they trampled through the wreaths
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One united people
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 1 month ago
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Herzl Shapiro/Kishon River Authority This year's Remembrance Day siren sounded at 11 a.m. for two minutes, during which we stood in silence and remembered the people who died throughout Israel's many wars and terrorist attacks.
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Sunset service concludes Anzac Day
Sunset :: FL :: USA | 1 month ago
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Anzac day signifies a time when veterans can finally "be at peace". The conclusion of the national day of remembrance also helps put painful memories to rest, RSL NSW vice president John Haines says. The flags at the Cenotaph in Sydney's Martin Place
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Thousands turn out at London dawn service
London :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Australians and New Zealanders have gathered in London's Hyde Park for an Anzac Day dawn service. A mild morning greeted the crowd at the Australian War Memorial on Thursday. Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Julie Bishop attended the ceremony
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Anzac day remembered in Darwin
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 1 month ago
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THE words of Australia's last Gallipoli veteran have been used to remind those attending Darwin's dawn service of the horrors of war. Bill Buckley, vice-president of the Darwin RSL, in his speech to the 3000-strong crowd said Alec Campbell, who died
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