Sir Bobby and Munich to remember 1958 disaster
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Amidst the memorial services to mark Wednesday's 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, for survivor Sir Bobby Charlton the memories of that fateful day are never far from his thoughts.
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On a cold and snowy Feb. 6, 1958, a twin-propped charter flight carrying Manchester United home from a European Cup quarterfinal match in Yugoslavia crashed on its third takeoff attempt.
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ELEANOR HALL: It was one of the world&#39;s worst industrial accidents but nearly 20 years after a gas leak devastated a shanty town on the outskirts of Bhopal in central India, many of the tens of thousands of people affected are yet to receive compensation.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson wants Man City's fans to be respectful of the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster.
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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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It is reported that the US multinational firm, Dow Chemical, has said it has accepted full responsibility for the world&#39;s worst industrial disaster, which occurred in India on this day 20 years ago.
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Germany still struggles to come to terms with the 1945 firebombing of Dresden - commemorated this weekend.
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AIR CRASH SURVIVORS REUNITED AN EMOTIONAL reunion of some of the survivors of the Winter Hill air disaster will be screened on BBC1 next week.
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DRESDEN, Germany  - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder warned Germans not to forget their Nazi past Sunday as far-right supporters rallied in Dresden on Sunday to protest a devastating Allied bombing in Second World War that killed an estimated 35,000 residents 60 years ago.
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Survivors of the Birmingham pub bombings joined more than 200 people at a special service to mark the 30th anniversary of one of mainland Britainâs worst terrorist atrocities today.
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Prince Edward pays tribute to British servicemen killed in the bombing of two troop ships during the Falklands War.
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The world of football will honour the vicitims of the Munich air disaster on Wednesday, 50 years after it killed 23 people.
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The German city of Dresden paid its respects to the tens of thousands of people killed in the Allied firebombing here 60 years ago.
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Sir Alex Ferguson criticises the decision to stage Sunday's Manchester derby in the same week as the Munich air crash 50th anniversary.
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TONY EASTLEY: Almost 60 years after the end of the Second World War, tensions between Britain and Germany have resurfaced, this time revived by a planned visit to Germany by the Queen.
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British officials are arriving in Thailand along with relatives of those involved in a plane crash on the island of Phuket.
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Families of British victims in the Sept. 11 terror attacks would gather at a memorial garden here on Saturday to commemorate the third anniversary of the tragic event.