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Fireworks Show at Pearl Harbor Caps WWII Eventby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press) Sunday August 16th, 2015 at 11:42 AM

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Fireworks Show at Pearl Harbor Caps WWII Event by webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press) Sunday August 16 th , 2015  at  11:42 AM Voice Of America 1 Share The mayors of Honolulu and Nagoaka, Japan – two cities linked by World War Two – joined hundreds of people Saturday night to mark the 70th anniversary of the conflict's end by watching a spectacular 20-minute fireworks show. Part of Pearl Harbor, which is still an active naval base, opened to the public on Saturday for a display of Nagaoka's fireworks. Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Nagoaka Mayor Tamio Mori honored the war's victims and celebrated 70 years of peace and... Government Airstrikes on Syrian Market Kill More Than 80 by BEN HUBBARD and MAHER SAMAAN Sunday August 16 th , 2015  at  11:42 AM NYT > World 1 Share The death toll in Douma, a rebel-held territory, puts the incident among the deadliest air attacks during more than four