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World Aug 07

The intrepid journalist who exposed Hiroshima’s horror

By Jeffrey Brown

World Aug 06

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In Japan, young people rush to document Hiroshima survivors’ memories

It has been 75 years since the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, leveling the city and killing some 150,000 people. The horrifying aftermath of that attack, and one on Nagasaki three days later, has…

By Grace Lee

World Aug 05

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75 years after Hiroshima, should U.S. president have authority to launch nuclear attack?

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic weapon on Hiroshima, Japan. Seventy-five years later, the NewsHour revisits how the president became the sole authority on when nuclear weapons are used. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to…

World May 27

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In Hiroshima, President Obama renews call to abolish nuclear weapons

President Obama on Friday visited Hiroshima, which was devastated when the U.S. dropped the atom bomb on it in 1945. Obama joined Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in paying solemn tribute to the tens of thousands who died in the…

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World May 27

President Obama pays tribute in Hiroshima: ‘We listen to a silent cry’

President Barack Obama paid tribute Friday to the "silent cry" of the 140,000 victims of the atomic bomb dropped 71 years ago on Hiroshima, and called on the world to abandon "the logic of fear" that encourages the stockpiling of…

By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug, Associated Press

May 25

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Scientists still track health fallout of nuclear bombing of Japan

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Apr 11

Kerry makes gut-wrenching visit to Hiroshima site of atomic bomb

By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- An emotional John Kerry said Hiroshima's horrible history should teach humanity to avoid conflict and strive to eradicate nuclear weapons as he became the first U.S. secretary of state to tread upon the ground of the world's…

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Nov 10

Manhattan Project sites get National Park status

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- More than 70 years ago scientists working in secret created the atomic bomb that ended World War II and ushered the world into the nuclear age.

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Jul 28

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New Mexicans claim cancer is living legacy of world’s first atomic bomb test

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This July marks the 70th anniversary of the first ever test of an atomic bomb in New Mexico. But a group called the Downwinders -- local residents whose homes were downwind of the blast site -- aren't celebrating the milestone.

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Jul 28

Tour the site of the world’s first atomic bomb explosion

By Kathleen McCleery

At 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain Time on July 16, 1945, a 19-kiloton explosion was set off that would portend the end of World War II. Today, the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test is a National Historic Landmark. The…

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