Akihito Leads Japan Ceremony Marking End Of World War II
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko led a Saturday ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of Japan's World War II end at the Budokan. Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa urged deep lessons from the war as debates over wartime memory and apologies persist amid regional sensitivities and histories of wartime exploitation.
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Russia Battles Giant Forest Fire Across Vast Lands
Fire and peat bog blazes ravage Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Baltic states as authorities report over 19 000 fires since Thursday. Firefighters, numbering about 1800 daily, face old equipment and dwindling water sources while residents evacuate and casualties rise from smoke inhalation. Authorities say no radiation increase from nearby Chernobyl region.
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Belarus Bears Chernobyl Fallout Across Forest Fires
According to government spokesman Andrei Levchenko the fires in neighboring Belarus earlier this month pushed radiation levels higher in the former Soviet republic. Belarus suffered the heaviest radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident.
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