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VIDEO: Veterans mark El Alamein anniversary
Veterans have gathered in Egypt from around the world to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein.
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Andes survivors mark anniversary
Some of those who survived a plane crash in the Chilean Andes by eating the bodies of dead passengers finally play the rugby match initially planned in 1972.
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Bali marks 10th anniversary of bombings
Hundreds of survivors and relatives gather for ceremony honouring the 202 victims of nightclub attack.
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Egypt Coptics mark massacre anniversary
March staged to commemorate dozens of Coptic Christians killed in Cairo last October by security forces.
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Anti-Japan protests reignite across China on occupation anniversary
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – Anti-Japan protests reignited across China on Tuesday, the sensitive anniversary marking Tokyo’s occupation of its giant neighbor, escalating a maritime dispute which has forced major Japanese brandname firms to suspend business there.
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Occupy Wall Street marks first anniversary
New York police arrest more than 100 activists one year after movement launched wave of global anti-capitalist protests.
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Peruvians mark Guzman arrest anniversary
March in Lima coincides with 20 years of capture of Shining Path rebel group leader, whose campaign left 70,000 dead.
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Smaller memorials on 11th anniversary of 9/11
NEW YORK (AP) — There were still the tearful messages to loved ones, clutches of photos and flowers, and moments of silence. But 11 years after Sept. 11, Americans appeared to enter a new, scaled-back chapter of collective mourning for…
Fewer 9/11 families on hand for 11th anniversary
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans marked the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks Tuesday in familiar but subdued ceremonies that put grieving families ahead of politicians and suggested it’s time to move on after a decade of…
11th anniversary ceremony of 9/11 begins in NY
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremony, but also a sense that it’s time to move forward after a decade of remembrance.
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Both campaigns eschew politics on 9/11 anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — It could be the only day before Nov. 6 without explicit partisan rancor.
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For Sept. 11 anniversary, a turning point passed?
NEW YORK (AP) — Is it time for a different kind of Sept. 11?
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Jason Puracal Family Hold Vigil On One-Year Anniversary of Conviction
It has been a year since Jason Puracal was sentenced to 22 years in prions for drug trafficking and money laundering in Nicaragua. Since then, the California Innocence Project has fought to prove the husband and father’s innocence. Sarah Shourd…
Isaac hits US on Katrina anniversary
Isaac is weaker than Katrina but has forced the shutdown of 90 per cent of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and 67 per cent of natural gas output
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Isaac nears New Orleans for Katrina anniversary
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Isaac was beginning to move inland in southeast Louisiana before dawn Wednesday on a slow, drenching slog toward New Orleans seven years to the day after the much stronger Katrina hit the city.
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Norway marks anniversary of massacre
Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Norway when a man went on a bomb-and-gun rampage, killing 77 people.
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Norway marks killings anniversary
Norwegians are to hold memorial services for the 77 victims of the gun and bomb attacks in Oslo and Utoeya, one year ago.
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Happy 100th Anniversary to the Vitamin!
In 1912, Polish-American biochemist Casimir Funk coined the term ‘vitamin’ to describe the nutritional properties of foods. Since then, scientists have developed methods of extracting and synthesizing vitamins for supplements. In celebration of its 100th birthday, the Council for Responsible…
South Sudan marks sombre first anniversary
Celebrations underway and praise rolling in from around the globe, but many challenges remain for fledgling nation.
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Protests on Hong Kong anniversary
Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators march in Hong Kong as the former British colony marks 15 years since the return to Chinese rule.
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