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  At 96, this World War II veteran becomes oldest graduate in history

  World | June 04, 2016 22:27 IST

  Tokyo: What gives a person the indomitable will to live is the constant urge of realising his/her dream. And when this passion takes over, no hurdle seems to be big enough, not even that of

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  Secret German WWII code machine found on eBay

  World | May 29, 2016 16:35 IST

  London: A World War II-era machine — used to send personal messages between Hitler and his generals by encrypting plain German text into secret code — has been found on eBay for 9.50 pounds! Volunteers

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  Teenage sweethearts separated during WW II to marry after 70 years

  World | April 06, 2016 17:48 IST

  London: A British World War II hero who split up from his fiancee after suffering post-traumatic stress is finally getting married to her - more than 70 years later. Roy Vickerman has proposed to 89-year-old

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  Remains of World War II plane, crew found in Polish riverbed

  World | August 26, 2015 7:21 IST

  Warsaw, Poland:  The remains of a Soviet fighter-bomber plane and two crew members shot down by Germans in 1945 have been found in a river in central Poland, a museum official said.Explorers made the find

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  No fresh apology from Japan PM on WWII after 70 years

  World | August 15, 2015 7:06 IST

  Tokyo:  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said that Japan's past "heartfelt apologies" for World War II will remain unshakeable in the future, but stopped short of apologizing again in a statement marking the 70th

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  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stops short of apology for World War II

  World | August 14, 2015 19:53 IST

  Tokyo:  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged Friday that Japan inflicted "immeasurable damage and suffering" on innocent people in World War II, but stopped short of offering his own apology and said future generations of Japanese

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  President Pranab in Moscow, says India-Russia ties all comprehensive

  World | May 07, 2015 23:35 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday described the ties between India and Russia as "all comprehensive" and said it will be an honour to be part of the 70th anniversary commemoration of World War

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  Ex-crew recognizes photos of sunken Japanese battleship

  World | March 06, 2015 12:09 IST

  Tokyo:  A former crewmember on a Japanese battleship that sank during World War II said Thursday he recognized photos of wreckage discovered this week off the Philippines by a team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul

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  Microsoft co-founder says he found sunken Japan World War II warship

  World | March 04, 2015 23:34 IST

  Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul Allen has located a Japanese battleship that was considered one of the world's largest and most technologically advanced warships when it was sunk off the Philippines during World War II.The

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  Baseball Hall digitises film of 1934 Japan tour

  Other Sports | November 13, 2014 8:15 IST

  Cooperstown, US: Home movie footage shot during a tour of Japan by American baseball stars 80 years ago has been digitised by the Hall of Fame.Officials at the baseball shrine in Cooperstown say future Hall

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  Hiroshima commemorates 69th anniversary of atomic bombing

  World | August 06, 2014 8:52 IST

  Hiroshima: Hiroshima, the Japanese city that suffered US atomic bombing in 1945 during the World War II, commemorated the 69th anniversary of the bombing on Wednesday at the city's Peace Memorial Park.Addressing survivors of the

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  World War II bomb defused in Germany

  World | July 24, 2014 6:42 IST

  Berlin: Task forces Wednesday succeeded in defusing a World War II bomb in a district of Germany's Cologne, media reports said.The bomb was discovered Tuesday during construction work on the site of the largest nursing

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  UK marks centenary of Indian-origin WW II spy Noor Inayat Khan

  World | June 19, 2014 8:05 IST

  London: The birth centenary year of Noor Inayat Khan, the famous Indian-origin World War II spy, was observed in the UK this week.Popular English novelist and political commentator Frederick Forsyth was among the key guests

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  Hitler's wife may have had Jewish ancestry: documentary

  World | April 06, 2014 13:43 IST

  London: The Nazi leader had wed his long-term lover Eva Braun just hours before their joint suicide in his Berlin bunker in 1945 towards the end of World War II.In what could prove to be

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  Remembering Pearl Harbor after 72 years (Watch pics)

  World | December 07, 2013 16:34 IST

  New Delhi: December 7, 1941 was the date which will live in infamy. It was the day  when  Japan launched more than 350 fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes against the U.S. naval base at Pearl

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  Watch in pics: world's biggest ship graveyard Chuuk Lagoon

  World | November 06, 2013 6:41 IST

  New Delhi: Chuuk Lagoon formerly known as Truk Lagoon was Imperial Japan's main naval base in the South Pacific theater of WW2. In 1944 Operation Hailstone was launched by the United States during which 12

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  Shameful: Rape- a weapon of Russian Army during World War II

  World | May 21, 2014 8:10 IST

  New Delhi: Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Russia in 1941, began the most genocidal conflict in history. Perhaps 30 million inhabitants of the Soviet Union are now thought to have died during the war,

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  World War II veterans from Sikh regiment receive Punjab Ratan award

  World | October 18, 2013 13:48 IST

  London: Four World War II veterans from the Sikh regiment have been presented with the 'Jewel of Punjab' (Punjab Ratan) award at the World Punjabi Organisation's annual event at the Park Lane Hotel.Britain's secretary of

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  Rare pics of women fighting World War Two

  World | August 17, 2013 6:59 IST

  New Delhi: Before the war, it was generally expected that a working man was the main provider for his family. But nowadays, women are recruited to many jobs which would previously have been considered too

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  Today in History: USSR declares war on Japan during world war II

  World | August 08, 2013 9:04 IST

  New Delhi: The Russian invasion of Japan began on August 8, 1945, precisely three months after the German surrender on May 8            At 11pm on August 8, 1945, Soviet foreign minister Molotov informed Japanese ambassador