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Nearly 300 survivors from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp laid wreaths and candles Tuesday on the so called death wall of the infamous camp on the 70th anniversary of its liberation. World leaders including French president Francois Hollande are attending the events.
Land Rover marked its 70th anniversary with a global broadcast celebrating the world's favourite 4x4s and the people who love them – 70 years to the day since the first Land Rover made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor Show in 1948. The event paid tribute to seven decades of adventure, humanitarian aid and hard work; tracking Land Rover’s journey from a utility model at the end of the Second World War, to becoming the world’s favourite 4x4, with more than 7 million sold.
The nazi Bible 'Mein Kampf' will hit the bookstores in Germany after 70 years. The book was under a prohibition of publishing by copyrights that runs out this year.
Considering recent events, it might lead some to believe that antisemitism is on the rise. One could look at the growing popularity of right-wing political parties, the increase in antisemitic attacks, and the response of the Jewish population to understand why.
A night vigil is held at a ceremony in Kigali paying tribute to victims 30 years after the Rwandan genocide. The 100-day massacre at the hands of Hutu extremists started on April 7 in 1994 and claimed the lives of 800,000 people, largely Tutsis but also moderate Hutus. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).