Japan to commemorate victims of US atomic bombing in Hiroshima.

TOKYO, August 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Japan will commemorate the victims of
the U.S. atomic bombing on the city of Hiroshima that claimed 140,000
lives 65 years ago.
A commemoration service will begin in this city right at the moment of
the atomic bomb blast at 8.15 am local time on August 6 (11.15 pm GMT on
August 5). At the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park the minute of silence will
be observed and the bell will strike to count it down. After that
Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba will read out the Peace Declaration with
the appeal to full nuclear disarmament.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan will deliver a traditional speech at the
commemoration ceremony. Alongside, the U.N. general secretary will deliver
a speech for the first time of the Hiroshima commemoration ceremonies. Ban
Ki-Moon arrived in Japan on Thursday and visited Nagasaki, the city that
was also hit in the U.S. atomic bombing.
Representatives from 70 countries, including the United States for
the first time, will attend the commemoration ceremony. U.S. Ambassador in
Japan John Roos will represent the United States.
Early in the morning on August 6, 1945, the Japanese air defence
forces spotted a small group of U.S. warplanes approaching Hiroshima, but
decided not to intercept them. A U.S. bomber flied freely over the central
part of Hiroshima and dropped a four-tonne atomic bomb. The nuclear blast
killed from 70,000 to 100,000 people instantaneously. Thousands of other
Hiroshima residents died of radiation sickness later. The survivors are
still suffering for radiation-related diseases.

.Heavy nuclear cruiser Pyotr Veliky to call at Indian port Mormugao.

MOSCOW, August 6 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian Northern Fleet's
nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky will call at the Indian port
Mormugao (State Goa) on Friday, the press service of the Russian Defence
Ministry told Itar-Tass.
The Pyotr Veliky, which is one of the most powerful missile cruisers
in the world, will call at the Indian port en route to the Russian
Northern Fleet base in Severomorsk from Vladivostok, where the Russian
military strategic exercises Vostok-2010 were held.
On the first day of the visit the Pyotr Veliky command will give a
courtesy reception for Indian naval officers.
"During the call at the Indian port the Russian general consul in
Mumbai, the military attache of the Russian Embassy in India, Indian naval
officers will visit the Russian cruiser. The senior officer in the voyage
and the Pyotr Veliky commanding officer will make an official visit to the
flag officer of the Goa naval area and the commander of the Indian Naval
Aviation. The crew of the Russian cruiser will also go on a tour of the
Mormugao port and will participate in volleyball and tug-of-war
competitions," the press service reported.
"The visit of the Pyotr Veliky warship contributes to broader
Russian-Indian military cooperation," Russian Consul General in Mumbai
Alexei Novikov told Itar-Tass.
On August 11, the Pyotr Veliky and the Indian stealth frigate Trishul
will participate in the Russian-Indian naval exercises PASSEX. The
scenario of the naval war games envisages air defence, gun firing
exercises, joint manoeuvring and the replenishment of water supplies.
"The exercises will be the final stage of the visit of the Russian
cruiser to the Indian port," the press service said. After that the Pyotr
Veliky will keep performing the missions set for the voyage. "The visit of
the Russian Northern Fleet's cruiser to the Indian port Mormugao will be
one more step in strengthening mutual understanding and trust between the
navies of the countries," the Russian Navy High Command believes.
The heavy nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky will call at the Indian
port for the second time. The Pyotr Veliky visited the Indian port in
January 2009 after the successful Russian-Indian naval exercises
INDRA-2009 in the Arabian Sea.

.Kidnapped teenager found dead in Primorye, killer detained.

VLADIVOSTOK, August 6 (Itar-Tass) -- A 15-year-old teenager, who was
kidnapped in the village Alexandrovka, the Spassk-Dalniy district of the
Primorsky Territory, was found dead. The suspected kidnapper was detained
and confessed in the crime, senior assistant detective of the Primorsky
territorial branch of the Prosecutor General's Office Investigation
Committee (SKP) Avrora Rimskaya told Itar-Tass on Friday.
The teenager was reported missing in the evening on August 3. The
kidnapper called the father of the teenager some time later and said that
his son was abducted. The kidnapper demanded a one-million-dollar ransom
threatening to kill the boy. A criminal case was instituted over the
abduction case.
The detectives found out that the call was made from a mobile phone of
an acquaintance of the kidnapped teenager. In the search of the house
belonging to the suspected kidnapper the SIM card and the mobile phone of
the kidnapped teenager were found. The scooter of the killed teenager was
found near the house of the killer.
The schoolboy was found dead with the traces of violent death near the
countryside house, where a 17-year-old kidnapper lived. The investigation
into the murder case is underway.
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