Finnish leaders mark 60th anniversary of end of Continuation War
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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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Sri Lanka's president insisted Monday his government was winning the war against Tamil Tiger rebels as the island marked its 60th anniversary of independence after a bloody weekend of violence.
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A majority of Finns feel that Finnish political leaders and the media reacted appropriately to the tsunami disaster in Asia.
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Dec. 7 -- One by one, survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life-preserver rings honoring their ships.
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President reiterates vow to crush rebel Tamil Tigers as he marks island's 60th anniversary of independence
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Nearly 60,000 Protestants joined Orange Order marches in Northern Ireland to mark the anniversary of a historic victory over Catholic forces.
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War veterans slammed plans to hold a single major commemoration to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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Festivities are beginning in Ukraine to mark the 60th anniversary of Ukraine s liberation from the Nazi invaders.
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Finns poured into the streets Sunday to fete their monster victory in the Eurovision Song Contest and the president congratulated latex-masked hard rockers Lordi for breaking the country&#039;s losing streak.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday congratulated the veterans and compatriots on the 60th anniversary of Ukraine's liberation from fascist occupiers that is going to be marked on October 28.
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U.S. veterans laid wreaths at ceremonies across southern Belgium and Luxembourg on Thursday, marking the 60th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge, in which U.S. forces defeated Nazi Germany's last bid to reverse the rapid advance of allied forces toward Berlin.
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Finland's Speaker of Parliament Paavo Lipponen (SDP), who served as Prime Minister during eight of the ten years that Finland has been a member of the European Union, feels that the period of Finnish EU ...
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LONDON, Oct 17  (IPS) - Several thousands joined an anti-war rally Sunday  to mark the end of the three-day European Social Forum.
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Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the House of Estates in Helsinki prior to the EU-Russia Summit.Comment
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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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TORONTO - Signs of national pride were laid out carefully across Finland&#39;s dressing room yesterday. A pair of Finnish flags hung from the ceiling and two more were fastened to the walls.
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HELSINKI, Nov 29 (IPS) - Finnish human rights groups say that European Union  leaders failed to raise human violations  in Russia effectively  enough at their meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin  here last  week.