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| Peace rally held in U.S. to mark Nagasaki A-bomb anniversary | '02/8/9 |
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 Kyodo -- A group of American peace activists and Japanese atomic-bomb victims gathered in Washington on Thursday to mark the 57th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and renewed their commitment to rid the world of nuclear weapons. ''As long as I'm alive, I'll speak out against the horror of nuclear weapons,'' said Masao Morihara, a 76-year-old man from Fuchu, Hiroshima Prefecture, who attended the memorial service. Morihara was exposed to radiation from the 1945 atomic bomb attack and is currently suffering from liver cancer. Morihara and other participants in the peace rally, held to coincide with the Japan date of the anniversary of the Nagasaki A-bomb attack, vowed to work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons in the world and world peace. A similar memorial service was held in Washington on Monday to mark the anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. The Nagasaki memorial service was the 21st of its kind held in the U.S. capital.
    
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