Remembrance News
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Johannesburg -
South Africa has held its annual Remembrance Day nationwide with services being held in all the main centres of Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town, as well as in smaller towns.
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Winds were high and rain was heavy but a large crowd turned up to mark Remembrance Day during an indoor ceremony in one Nova Scotia community.
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Edinburgh -
Scotland's first Field of Remembrance commemorating those who have given their lives for their country opened in the Capital on Monday.
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Pretoria -
The South African Air Force remembered its dead of two world wars and subsequent conflicts as well as others who in peacetime.
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Johannesburg -
South Africans from around the country recalled the dead of wars and conflicts on Remembrance Sunday with the main commemoration being held in Johannesburg at the Cenotaph. Remembrance Day has been held here for 90 years.
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London -
As the clock struck 11:00 and people stood for Armistice Day’s two minutes of silence, Islamic protesters in London burned a model of a poppy and shouted out messages such as "British soldiers burn in hell."
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Major-General (ret.) John Archibald MacInnis was the keynote speaker at Guelph's annual Service of Remembrance at the Sleeman Centre last Wednesday. Some of his remarks have ignited a firestorm of controversy.
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Guelph, Ontario takes Remembrance Day seriously. Today the Sleeman Centre held a crowd of close to 4,000 gathered for the annual Service of Remembrance.
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In Guelph, Ontario, Remembrance Day is deeply felt throughout the community. Guelph is known as the "Royal City," but that is not why.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 is Remembrance Day, a day when we honour those who fell and those who served our country during the two world wars and the Korean War and those who still serve.
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Remembrance Headlines
The Norwegian prime minister apologises for the role his country played in deporting Jews as Europe marks Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Protesters in Austria marking Holocaust Remembrance Day condemn organisers of a ball, which was expected to be attended by far-right leaders.
A service of remembrance has taken place at Halifax Minster to commemorate the lives of the six soldiers killed in Afghanistan when their armoured vehicle was hit by a Taleban bomb.
Remembrance tourism attracted 20 million visitors to France last year and interest in the history of the battle sites and cemeteries is rising despite the passage of time.
A candle is lit at the UK's Centre of Remembrance to mark the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands invasion, as the Argentine president describes the UK's continued control over the territory as "an injustice".
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Remembrance Blogs
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From Samson to Judah Maccabee, Ze’ev Jabotinsky to Hanna Senesh, there is a valiant history of tough and brave Jews...
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This event list was compiled by Michel F. Paré, entertainment editor of Outexpressions Newspaper, for culture queers...
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November 11 was Armistice Day, the date marking the 93rd anniversary of the signing of the Armistice and the formal...
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The other day, I bought a poppy from a veteran. I was trying to put it on when he said in a nervous and teasing sort of...
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This event list was compiled by Michel F. Paré, entertainment editor of Outexpressions Newspaper, for culture queers...
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