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...issue of our nuclear program, which is wildly popular in Pakistan. I would like to be able to say that I am opposed to the possession of nuclear weapons, by our state or any other. After all, I have seen photographs of the aftermath of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and read the terrifying stories told by survivors. I am aware of the horrors this technology can bring. And I am aware of the resources consumed in our pursuit of nuclear bombs and missiles, resources that could have gone into much needed schools and hospitals and roads...
...which so many Palestinians died…It’s like the USA saying ‘Let’s party like it’s Aug. 6, 1945,’” he says, referring to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. “You don’t celebrate the suffering of other people...
...nukes". What impact will that have? It sends a powerfully wrong message. You cannot say that nuclear weapons should not spread to new countries and at the same time try to embark on research into 'useable' nuclear weapons, (which) by the way would have half the yield of the Hiroshima bomb. The U.S. says you no longer have a role in Iraq. What is your view? We could close the nuclear file faster than the U.S. team, and for less money. We have the experience. We know where to go. We know the scientists. And we have credibility. In March...
...small island in the southern Amami Islands, an area known for its record-breaking centenarians. The oldest Japanese on record, who died at the age of 120 in 1986, was also from Tokunoshima. With Hongo's death, the distinction goes to Mitoyo Kawate, a 114-year-old woman in Hiroshima. Hongo had seven children, 27 grandchildren, 57 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. She practiced teodori, a type of slow dance, and drank green tea and an occasional cup of shochu liquor. Following a hip operation at the age of 110, she became known for sleeping for two days...
...UNVEILED. Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, dubbed "Little Boy," on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing up to 230,000 people; at a Smithsonian Institution hangar near Dulles Airport in Virginia. Japanese victims groups have protested the plan to put the plane on public display in December...