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               Nagasaki Marks 69th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

   by VOA News

   In Japan, tens of thousands of people turned out on Saturday to mark
   the 69th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki.

   Thousands of aging survivors, government officials and others attended
   a ceremony in the city's Peace Park. Delegates representing 51 other
   countries included U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy.

   ''In remarks to the crowd, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged Prime
   Minister Shinzo Abe's government to listen to the people and not
   abandon Japan's pacifist stance.

   Attendees stood for a minute of silence at 11:02 a.m., marking the time
   Aug. 9, 1945, when the United States dropped a bomb on the city. It
   killed at least 70,000 people and, along with the bombing of Hiroshima
   three days earlier, brought about Japan's surrender and the end of
   World War II.

   Japan is divided over the government's decision to allow its military
   to defend foreign countries and to play greater roles overseas.

   More than half the public opposes such a move, the Associated Press
   reported, citing opinion polls. Their aversion stems from witnessing
   the war's devastation, among other things.
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