Belgium Honors Battle of the Bulge Vets
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Amid snow flurries and a chilling wind, Belgium's King Albert II honored U.S. soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany 60 years ago in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle for American forces in war.
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NEW YORK -- Olivier Rochus didn't know quite how to react. First the arms went hesitantly up in the air. Then there was a little half-fist pump, a triumphant bellow, and a smile that could have lit a path through the darkest storm. Then Rochus, a 23-year-old Belgian who prior to this year had never won a match at the ...
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NATO honored Allied veterans of the  "Battle of the Bulge" at a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the  60th anniversary of a World War II battle seen as having  cemented the transatlantic alliance.
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As U.S. troops battle insurgents in Fallujah, President Bush is paying his annual Veterans Day tribute to the armed forces.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The Belgians are less than flattered by all the wisecracks these days about their country from the federal Liberals.
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Hundreds of British and Allied soldiers killed in the defence of Hong Kong during World War II have been honoured in a Remembrance Day ceremony.
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Finnish leaders on Saturday expressed their gratitude to the veterans of the Continuation War which ended in a ceasefire in the late summer of 1944.
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A delegation of senators touring U.S. military cemeteries in Europe laid wreaths Monday near the graves of thousands of soldiers, including many who died storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in June 1944.
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Brig. Gen. Dany Van de Ven, the Belgian defense attache here, told U.S. veterans this week that his nation is honored to remember their sacrifices during the Battle of the Bulge 60 years ago.
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France, Belgium and Poland pledged Friday to fill the gaps in a European peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic, setting the delayed mission on track to be deployed next month.
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Thousands of people are gathering to pay tribute to the half-million soldiers who died 90 years ago on Flanders Fields, one of World War I's bloodiest battles.
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By Tom M Miller  Editor, Times-Dispatch:  With others, I was twice privileged to visit Normandy battle sites and the nearby American cemetery holding our special heroes.  Among rows of white crosses two bear gold insignias marking graves of Medal of Honorees.
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Hundreds of veterans, led by the king of Belgium, took part in the event that began with a military vehicles' parade.
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The first minister pays tribute to the Scottish soldiers who lost their lives at the Battle of Arnhem in a ceremony in Holland.
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Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers, is in Europe this week to attend ceremonies commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in Germany.
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The men and women who died fighting for their country are to be remembered on Armistice Day.
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Belgium celebrates the centenary of the birth of Herge, the cartoonist who created Tintin.