Nagasaki marks 60th anniversary of bombing with sirens, prayers

Tuesday, August 9, 2005

NAGASAKI, Japan -- A siren wailed and a bronze bell rang out today as Nagasaki marked the moment 60 years ago when an American plane dropped a plutonium bomb, killing tens of thousands and sealing Japan's defeat in World War II.

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