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  • Asia marks end of war in Pacific

    08/16/2005 1:35:05 AM PDT · by Siobhan · 3 replies · 490+ views
    BBC UK ^ | Monday, 15 August 2005, 07:54 GMT 08:54 UK | Composite
    Countries around Asia are honouring their dead and calling for peace, as they mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific. In Japan, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said his nation felt "deep remorse" for the aggression shown towards its neighbours during the war. Commemorative services are also taking place in other Asian nations. But across the region, many still feel that Japan has yet to fully face up to, and atone for, its wartime actions. The war in the Pacific, which finally ended on 15 August 1945, killed millions of people from the jungles...