Hiroshima urges end of nuclear umbrella

Roos, Ban among 55,000 at 65th anniversary of bombing

By ERIC JOHNSTON

Staff writer

HIROSHIMA — At a memorial ceremony attended for the first time ever by a U.N. secretary general and a U.S. representative, Hiroshima on Friday marked the 65th anniversary of its atomic bombing by calling on Japan to withdraw from the U.S. nuclear umbrella and accelerate the progress made over the past 18 months to eliminate nuclear arms.

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Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010

ANALYSIS

Obama runs risk with Roos in Hiroshima

Attendance may touch off backlash in U.S.

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