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Christopher Hitchens delivers the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA

October 12th, 2010

On March 3, 2010, author and journalist Christopher Hitchens delivered the 2010 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA. The lecture was presented by the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations,…

US, nuclear powers join Hiroshima memorial (AP)

August 5th, 2010

Women join a candle vigil in front of the illuminatd Atomic Bomb Dome  in Hiroshima, western Japan, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - The site of the world’s worst atomic bomb attack echoed with the choirs of schoolchildren and the solemn ringing of bells Friday as Hiroshima marked its biggest memorial…

US, nuclear powers to attend Hiroshima memorial (AP)

August 5th, 2010

Women join a candle vigil in front of the illuminatd Atomic Bomb Dome  in Hiroshima, western Japan, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - The site of the world’s worst atomic bomb attack echoed with choirs and Buddhist prayers Thursday as Hiroshima prepared to mark its biggest memorial yet and the first…

Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims (AP)

July 31st, 2010

Yvonne Schroeder, left, and Dominique Pavone, who attended this year's Love Parade in Duisburg demonstrate in front of the city hall of Duisburg on Thursday, July 29, 2010, against the responsible persons of the disaster at the Love Parade.  21 people were killed in a crush at the Love Parade techno festival in Duisburg on Saturday. (AP  Photo/dapd/Mark Keppler)AP - Germany is holding a memorial service for the victims of the Love Parade techno music festival, where 21 people were crushed to death and 500 injured.


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Srebrenica massacre memorial to point finger at UN (AP)

July 10th, 2010

In this Wednesday, June 30, 2010 photo, a Bosnian activist displays shoes collected to make 'The Pillar of Shame', German activist's Phillip Ruch's monument to Srebrenica, in Sarajevo. A huge jumble of worn shoes, more than 16,000 of them, each pair representing a victim of Europe's worst massacre since World War II, will spell out 'U.N.' in gigantic letters. The 'Pillar of Shame' is to be raised in the hills above the Bosnian town of Srebrenica with a controversial goal: singling out the United Nations and binternational/b leaders as the ones most responsible for failing to prevent the mass killings.  (AP Photo/Amel Emric)AP - Phillip Ruch’s monument to Srebrenica is a huge jumble of worn shoes, more than 16,000 of them, each pair representing a victim of Europe’s worst massacre since World…

Srebrenica memorial to point finger at UN (AP)

July 10th, 2010

AP - Phillip Ruch’s monument to Srebrenica is a huge jumble of worn shoes, more than 16,000 of them, each pair representing a victim of Europe’s worst massacre since World…

Golfer Rose rallies to seize first US win at Memorial (AFP)

June 6th, 2010

Justin Rose of England celebrates after finishing the 18th hole during the final round of The Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Rose won the Memorial on Sunday, rallying from four shots adrift to capture his first US PGA Tour victory.(AFP/Getty Images/Andy Lyons)AFP - England’s Justin Rose won the Memorial on Sunday, rallying from four shots adrift to capture his first US PGA Tour victory.


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US troops in Afghanistan mark Memorial Day (AP)

May 31st, 2010

A Canadian soldier with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, rushes as he leave to rescue injured comrades who where involved in an IED attack in the Panjwayi district, south-west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan remembered friends and colleagues Monday in solemn Memorial Day ceremonies to commemorate all of their nation’s war dead.


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Poland holds public memorial for crash victims (AP)

April 17th, 2010

A mourning woman cries as she attends a national memorial service in Pilsudski Square in Warsaw on Saturday, April 17, 2010  in Warsaw, Poland.  Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed in a plane crash in Russia last Saturday.  (AP Photo/Ludmila Mitrega)AP - Some 100,000 Poles filled Warsaw’s biggest public square Saturday, joining together for a memorial and funeral Mass for the 96 people killed in a plane crash a week…