Netherlands prepares to commemorate 60th anniversary of battle of Arnhem
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This week the Netherlands will honor the thousands of mainly British and Polish soldiers who took part in the failed attempt to seize a bridgehead north of the Rhine river near Arnhem between September 17 and 23, 1944, a tragic episode in the Allied advance on Germany.
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Dutch Queen Beatrix and Britain's Prince Charles laid wreaths for the victims of the failed Market Garden operation in World War II in a religious ceremony to honour the veterans of the epic Allied defeat.
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British diplomatic and church officials will attend a wreath-laying ceremony in Germany to mark the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Dresden.
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European papers discuss the 60th anniversary of the Allied bombing of Dresden.
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PREPARATIONS are under way for Remembrance Day commemorations across the Wycombe area.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was visiting the Netherlands on Monday to mark the 400th anniversary of a British Protestant chapel tucked away in a tranquil square in downtown Amsterdam.Comment
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Holland is inviting Canadian veterans and their families to attend celebrations next May marking the 60th anniversary of the country's liberation during the Second World War.
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Paul Verhoeven, best known for Hollywood   hits "Basic instinct" and "Total Recall," has returned to his   native Netherlands with a film challenging the view that the   anti-Nazi resistance there was a movement only for heroes.
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Prince Charles is to attend a memorial service in honour of the soldiers who fought at Arnhem 60 years ago.
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The UN General Assembly is to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a special session.
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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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WARSAW, Poland  - Poland's prime minister marked the 65th anniversary of the start of the Second World War on Wednesday, unveiling a new memorial on the spot where a German warship fired the opening shots at a Polish munitions depot, sparking nearly six years of bloody conflict.
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The Dutch cabinet has decided to bring home the 1,350 Dutch troops in Iraq in March next year, confirming a decision first made in June, the Dutch news agency ANP cited Defense Minister Henk Kamp as saying on Friday.
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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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THE HAGUE: Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende visited a mosque at Eindhoven on Sunday for the feast marking the end of Ramadan after the attempted firebombing of an Islamic school during the night.
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Two British warships and 14 heads of state yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the Provence landings - the larger but lesser-known of the Allied operations to liberate France at the end of the Second World ...
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BASTOGNE, Belgium -- Amid snow flurries and a chilling wind, Belgium's King Albert II honored US soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany 60 years ago in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle for American forces in war.