Schoolchildren join old soldiers to remember
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SERVICEMEN and women who gave their lives fighting for their country were remembered at Armistice Day parades in High Wycombe yesterday.
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Pupils are being offered tips to protect themselves from robberies in a week-long campaign in schools.
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Politicians, war veterans and bereaved relatives Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of victory in the Falklands War amid a mixture of celebration and sombre reflection.
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The Little Rock Nine, who as students were escorted by federal soldiers into the all-white Central High School because they were black, marveled at the celebrity-like fanfare they received on the 50th anniversary of the event Tuesday. But they cautioned that racial divides still exist.
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"I'm filled with sadness for the boys who never came home"  Queen Elizabeth II and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joined old warriors and widows of the fallen at a memorial service Thursday marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falkland Islands conflict.Four Harrier jets flew over the memorial chapel at Pangbourne College west of London as the queen arrived to mark the date when British forces accepted the surrender of the Argentine army, ending a 74-day occupation. Prime Minister Tony Blair also attended the service.The conflict, which followed Argentina's seizure of the islands on April 2, 1982, cost the lives of 255 British servicemen, many of them lost at sea, and more than 600 Argentines _ half of them in the sinking of the battleship General Belgrano. Read more
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The National Endowment for the Arts earlier this year asked U.S. soldiers and their families to write down what they saw, heard and felt during the Iraq war for a program called "Operation Homecoming." The reflections compiled to date offer a poignant glimpse into soldiers' lives and how they are affected by war.
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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh has led millions of Britons in observing a two-minute silence on Armistice Day to remember those who have died in war.
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NAIK NAM, Afghanistan -- Saher Gul was chalking a long division lesson on the blackboard of his two-room village school. Twenty-five boys, ages 9 to 19, were sitting cross-legged on the dirt floor. Suddenly the earthen walls and ceiling exploded and collapsed, smothering the class in a mountain of rubble.
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A SCHOOL is celebrating its silver jubilee with all sorts of activities.  Pupils, staff and parents at Isobel Mair School in Clarkston have organised parties, a concert and a church service for the 61-pupil school's 25th birthday.
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Political leaders paid their respects to Britain&#39;s war dead in the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph yesterday. The leaders of the government and opposition parties were joined
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FAMILY and friends of the murdered Iraq hostage Ken Bigley gathered to remember him yesterday in a dignified ceremony that rose above the harsh words that had surrounded his capture and death.
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DOWN Anfield Road they love their heroes. They compose verses to celebrate them, make gates to honour them and erect memorials to remember them.
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Queen Elizabeth II and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joined old warriors and widows of the fallen at a memorial service Thursday marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falkland Islands conflict.
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Families of British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought in World War I will be able to trace their relatives' war records through a Web site launched Monday.
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Prince William will today mark Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph. It is the first time the 22-year-old Prince has taken part in the National Service of Remembrance and comes as British troops are under fire in ...
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As the people of Beslan struggle with their grief, the schoolhouse where their children died has become a place of echoes and memories.
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War veterans in Scotland are set to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falklands conflict.