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Devastated: Hardly any buildings in Hiroshima were left standing
after the massive atomic bomb blast

Deception of Stalin…Truman’s Contentment with Hiroshima’s Bomb

by Fadwa Fadel | Oct 31, 2016 | World

The first round of talks showcased the U.S. offer for the Japanese government to announce unconditional compromise and to provide the required pledges to prove good intentions. Today’s round will focus on the decisive moments that led the Emperor to take the final...

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People gather around the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, southwestern Japan. AP

Obama at Hiroshima: ‘Death Fell from the Sky’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2016 | World

Barack Obama on Friday paid tribute to the 140,000 people killed by the world’s first atomic bomb attack, becoming the first incumbent U.S. president to visit Hiroshima. He also sought to bring global attention to his unfulfilled vision of a world without...

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Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the atomic bombing and head of a national organisation of bombing survivors called Nihon Hidankyo, attends a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Atomic Bomb Survivors Welcome Obama’s Apology but Say Disarmament is Priority

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 19, 2016 | World

U.S. president Barak Obama who in 2009 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize partly for making nuclear nonproliferation a centerpiece of his agenda, will become in few days the very first American president to visit Hiroshima. Survivors of the world’s first atomic bomb...