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Heads of states and governments attend ceremonies to mark the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice which brought the First World War to a close. Watch live Sunday, Nov. 11 at 4am ET.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Tower of London tonight as time runs out to view the 10,000 torches installed in memory of those killed in the First Word War. Queues stretched more than 50 yards back from the '90 minutes wait' sign at Tower Bridge as crowds waited to view the touching tribute. The installation, Beyond the Deepening Shadow, will be open to the public until Remembrance Sunday on November 11. The Queen and senior members of the Royal Family are due to attend the Festival of Remembrance at London's Royal Albert Hall on Saturday night as...

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (CNN)An American military jet has left North Korea Friday after taking possession of what is believed to be the remains of US troops killed during the Korean War some 65 years ago, the White House said. North Korean officials handed over the probable remains on the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the conflict, which claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Americans, over 600,000 Chinese, 600,000 Korean soldiers and over a million Korean civilians

Aleksandra's Note:As the world marks Armistice Day November 11, 2013 and pays tribute to the heroes of World War One and thanks all veterans everywhere who have fought for noble and righteous causes, let us remember our great American ally Serbia, who stood up to the enemy and prevailed at great cost and sacrifice to her nation, her soldiers, and her civilians. Serbia, through all her trials and tribulations in the Great War, remained steadfastly on the side of the victorious Allies, committed to a noble cause and determined to survive and flourish despite the great efforts of the bully...

BELGRADE -- A ceremony for the anniversary of Armistice Day in World War I was held at the New Cemetery in Belgrade. British, Russian, German and French ambassadors attend the ceremony (Beta) The anniversary was organized with high state and military honors and the laying of wreaths at a memorial dedicated to the World War I liberators of Belgrade, and the ceremony was attended by Culture Minister Nebojša Bradich. The minister noted in his address that on this day in 1918 World War I ended, adding that “the curtain fell on the butchering of many people, especially Serbs.” “91 years...

N. Korea warns new U.N. sanctions will void armistice SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday its second nuclear test, which took place this week, was a self-defense measure in response to the U.N. Security Council's punishment for its April 5 rocket launch, and that any further U.N. sanctions would be tantamount to scrapping the Korean War armistice. "Should the U.N. Security Council attempt further provocations, our further self-defense measures will be inevitable in response," the North's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency. "Hostile activity by the U.N. Security Council...

90 years to the day after 11/11. 11:11, the second which officially ended World War I. For the first time not one member of the two huge armies, German and French, that clashed on the fields of Verdun , attendeded Armistice Day service in Verdun, and paid tribute to those who had died, as the last 4 survivors of World War I are all British. Earlier in London, three of the four surviving British World War I veterans attended a ceremony at the Cenotaph.Henry Allingham, 112, Harry Patch, 110, and Bill Stone, 108, represented the Royal Air Force, Army and...

The Vietnam War cost my generation the innocence of our youth. The question whether to serve or not was hotly contested. When I see protesters adding to the distress of today's soldiers, I again feel the sting of rejection I felt years ago for my military service. We came home with little notice and tried to regain our lives – some failed to make the transition, others persevered with support and love. The sorrow of loss still lingers. It took us years to learn that our service was just as honorable as my father's generation, who as the Class of...

Friday, November 11, 2005 "Hostilities will cease on the whole front at 11 hours today, French time. Until that hour, the operations previously ordered will be pressed with vigor. At 11 hours our line will halt in place, and no man will move one step forward or backward." Those were the orders released just before 9:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918 in an address to the U. S. Army's 79th Division. That order announced the end of "The War to End All Wars," now known as World War I. Yet in one of the most bitter ironies of this bitter...

AS THE POPULARITY of the war in Iraq shrinks like a withering flower, and a slim majority of Americans believes the Democratic Party’s talking points claiming that President Bush lied about Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction, it is important that America not confuse the administration with the brave citizens who execute its policies. The “Bush lied” chorus is, of course, lying. Everyone from Bill Clinton to Jacques Chirac believed Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. But the Democrats — including many who voted for the war — have succeeded in pinning worldwide intelligence failures on Bush alone. And...

The First World War -- optimistically thought at the time to be the War to End All Wars -- was a barbarous passage of blood and tears that ended on a curious note that read like poetry: When the guns officially fell silent in 1918 under the terms of the armistice, it was the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. The ranks of those who fought in that war have been obliterated by time's passing parade and, 87 years on, we are painfully aware that, short of the promised age when swords shall be beaten into...

In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, became the focal point of reverence for America's veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and France, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation's highest place of honor (in England, Westminster Abbey; in France, the Arc de Triomphe). These memorial gestures all took place on November 11, giving universal recognition to the celebrated ending of World War I fighting at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour...

The armistice, signed in Panmunjeom, was signed by military commanders from the North Korean People's Army and the Chinese People's Volunteers, but not from South Korea or the United States. The U.S. and South Korea both accept the armistice to this day because they were part of the United Nations Command (UNC), which included 16 member nations in all that had sent troops to the region following North Korea’s invasion of the South in June 1950. The UNC is a signator to the Korean armistice. (SOURCE: Wikipedia) Should the U.S. accept direct talks with North Korea over the latter’s nuclear...

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IT WAS a shot that echoed round the world. When Archduke Franz Ferdinand - heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire - was assassinated in the Balkan city of Sarajevo more than 90 years ago it heralded the beginning of the most brutal conflict the world has ever seen. Yet during this week of remembrance commemorations which culminates in Remembrance Sunday on November 14, a Hampshire man has made an incredible discovery. Historian, Brian Presland, from Chandler's Ford visited the Vienna Military Museum where the car which the archduke took his last fatal drive is preserved to this day. When he got...

The Armistice Day Blizzard Ranks #2 on the Minnesota State Climatology Office Top five weather events of the 20th century.

North Korea threatened Tuesday to abandon the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, and warned that it will take "strong and merciless retaliatory measures" in response to any economic blockade. The North's Korean People's Army said that "Korea is at the crossroads of war or peace" because of US efforts to stifle the communist state. North Korea has recently stepped up its anti-US rhetoric in an apparent attempt to force the United States to negotiate a dispute over the North's nuclear ambitions. "It is, in fact, hardly possible to preserve the cease-fire in Korea by the unilateral efforts of...

SEOUL, South Korea - In an apparent attempt to force direct dialogue with the United States, North Korea (news - web sites) threatened on Tuesday to abandon the armistice that ended the Korean War five decades ago, accusing Washington of planning an attack. A spokesman of the North's Korean People's Army said "the situation on the Korean Peninsula is getting extremely tense" because of alleged U.S. plans to send in reinforcements and build a naval blockade to prepare for a pre-emptive attack. The nations are locked in a dispute over North Korea's nuclear program. North Korea "will be left with...

SEOUL (AP) - North Korea threatened Tuesday to abandon the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, accusing the United States of plotting an attack on the Communist state. A spokesman of the North's Korean People's Army said that the United States was building up reinforcements around the Korean peninsula in preparations to attack the North, said the official news agency KCNA. "The situation is, therefore, getting more serious as the days go by as it is putting its plan for pre-emptive attacks on the (North) into practice with increased zeal," KCNA quoted the unidentified spokesman as saying. The spokesman...

North threatens Korean armistice By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 18 February 2003 North Korea threatened yesterday to abandon the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, accusing the United States of plotting a pre-emptive attack on the communist state. A spokesman of the North Korean People's Army said that America was building up reinforcements around the Korean Peninsula in preparations to launch an attack. The threat came as the US and South Korea said they will holdjoint military exercises next month. Washington says they are purely defensive but it is feared the manoeuvres will only increase tensions with North Korea...