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Surrender of Japan: the end of World War II

15:00 02.09.2010

Surrender of Japan: the end of World War II

Today marks the 65th anniversary since the end of World War II. On 14 August, 1945, Emperor Hirohito issued the Imperial Rescript of Surrender announcing that Japan accepted the terms set down in the Potsdam Declaration. On 15 August the country’s Foreign Ministry sent a telegram to its envoy in …

The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Will Echo in the Arctic

15:00 25.08.2010

The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Will Echo in the Arctic

The environmental tragedy triggered by the explosion which sank the BP-owned Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico has been unfolding for four months. The blast killed 11 people who worked at the rig and caused damage to the underwater riser structure connecting it to …

Hiroshima and Modernity

15:00 05.08.2010

Hiroshima and Modernity

Sixty five years ago, on August 6, 1945, US bomber B-29 dropped a nuclear bomb which was roughly 2,000 times more powerful than the biggest munitions used over the entire past history on the Japanese city of Hiroshima *** Fighting ended in Europe in May, 1945, but the war still …

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