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Okinawa, Jun 23 (EFE/EPA).- The Japanese archipelago of Okinawa on Tuesday held low-key acts amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the fierce battle between the United States and Japan during the Second World War, which claimed the lives of 200,000, half of them civilians.The annual ceremony was held at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, a town in the southern part of the main island of Okinawa where the battle ended, and only those living in the prefecture itself were able to attend, local news agency Kyodo reported.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the mayors of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a United Nations representative were also scheduled to attend the event but restrictions imposed in the country to prevent the spread of COVID-19 meant that they could only be present through video messages sent for the occasion. (Camera: HITOSHI MAESHIRO).SHOT LIST: RESIDENTS OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WORLD WAR II BATTLE OF OKINAWA AT THE CORNERSTONE OF PEACE IN ITOMAN, JAPANESE SOUTHERN ISLAND OF OKINAWA, AND A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 240,000 WAR VICTIMS, INCLUDING AMERICANS, ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA, AT THE PEACE MEMORIAL PARK IN ITOMAN IN OKINAWA, JAPAN.
Montevideo / Punta del Este (Uruguay), Dec 15 (EFE / EPA) .- A Nazi eagle rests in the Cerro Fortress, a military unit of the Uruguayan State. This was one of the remains rescued from the bottom of the bay of Montevideo, where the imposing battleship Admiral Graf Spee rests, sunk in 1939, 80 years ago now.(CAMERA: Santiago Carbone and Federico Anfitti)IMAGES OF URUGUAYAN ALFREDO ETCHEGARAY AND URUGUAYAN RESEARCHER DANIEL ACOSTA Y LARA. THE IMAGES OF THE RESCUE OF THE EAGLE OF THE GRAF SPEE WERE HANDOUT BY THE BUSINESSMAN ALFREDO ETCHEGARAY.TRANSLATIONALFREDO ETCHEGARAY: 1. "It was said that there was the possibility of the eagle, that it could have been secretly removed by the Germans, that it could have been removed by the English who had divers working there with those old scuba divers, however there they were with their equipment in a very good state"2. "The boat is in bad, it is in a very bad state, but it doesn't matter, you have to leave it like that, that it is seen"3. "Reflection is one of the most important things because reflection helps correct the path of things and not make the mistakes of the past"DANIEL ACOSTA Y LARA: "It is really impressive, I was the one who proposed to cover the swastika, then that was criticized. Emotionally it had an impressive effect to see the eagle emerge from the water, not because I have any inclination for Nazi images, much the opposite, when they ask me about the ship I say that it was well sunk. It is not possible to take it out, the ship is very damaged, it is broken in two, say the part of the stern where the major explosion occurred "
Montevideo, 14 Dec (EFE), (Camera: Santiago Carbone y Federico Anfitti) - His name was Matthias Putz and he was 17 years old when on December 13, 1939 he died in the Battle of the Río de la Plata. The remains of that young German lie under a wooden cross in a cemetery in Montevideo.FOOTAGE OF CEMETARY, BOATS AND MOURNERS AND SOUNDBITE OF MARCELO GONZÁLEZ, DIRECTOR OF FUNERAL SERVICES MANAGEMENT OF THE MONTEVIDEO CITY HALL. MARCELO GONZÁLEZ SOUNDBITE TRANSLATION:"The memorial made to fallen sailors is not linked to ideologies or characters, but to a fact that had Uruguay on the edge of the world, the world's attention at the time."
Ready, steady, pull! Thousands of participants grabbed one end of the rope in the annual Naha Tug-on-war festival in Naha city, Japan over the weekend and pulled with all their might and muster in an event that was officially declared the largest tug-of-war ever fought. 17 team members had spent some 40 days in order to prepare the 656 foot rope, which was also recognised by Guinness Book of World Records as the largest straw rope ever made.
This little toddler named Bilal Tagirov was just two years old when his father kidnapped him and forced him to travel to Syria in October 2015. Bilal's father Hassan Tagirov left the Chechen Republic in order to fight for the self-proclaimed Islamic State. His mother Zalikha Ashakhanova only found out that her son was located in Mosul by chance when she saw a video of him online on July 15, 2017. The toddler was found by Chechen security forces in Mosul and finally reunited with Zalikha in Grozny on Thursday, returning to her waiting arms.
Here are a few of the most buzzworthy netflix shows that you should binge watch right now. “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”, netflix’s adaptation of the children’s book series is a blast, featuring great performances from a variety of visiting stars. “Love”, The Judd Apatow-produced show includes 10 episodes in its first season. “Black Mirror” The darkly, darkly satiric series looks at how technology robs us of our humanity — or just gives us excuses to abandon it. "Santa Clarita Diet" Drew Barrymore is a suburban realtor who suddenly dies, then comes back with a taste for human flesh in Netflix’s gory comedy.
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