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A rosary, a sake container, a student’s cap, 20 items in all, provide a personal connection to the tens of thousands who were killed instantly after the United States bombed the Japanese cities to bring an end to World War II. He also said the country needs the legislation...

In three days the country will mark the 70th anniversary of the second atomic bomb, dropped on the city of Nagasaki.

Congress has two months to consider whether to reject the deal to roll back sanctions in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program. Other countries, he says, will wonder if they are negotiating with the Obama administration or some 535 members of Congress acting as...

But a European source said it was not yet confirmed that the talks would begin Friday, adding that at most “only a few people” from the so-called troika of creditors would arrive before the weekend.

While far from ideal, this bipartisan legislation gave Congress a vital say in whether this Iran deal goes forward.

Dimitris Vitsas was appointed new alternate defence minister, replacing Costas Isichos, another SYRIZA lawmaker who voted against the agreement. But nearly a fifth of Merkel’s conservatives voted “no” in a blow to the chancellor.

Several sources said there was consensus among the other 18 ministers around the table during the “exceptionally difficult” talks that the leftist government in Athens must take further steps to convince them it would honor any new debts.

The pressure has been on Greece all day even after the Greek parliament passed a harsh austerity package that it hopes will lead to a three-year bailout.

Regarding Chinese stock investors, he said individual investors now account for about 20 per cent of market capitalisation with their source of funds being household savings and margin loans, resulting in forced sales when share prices fall sharply.