Sat, Aug 07, 2004 - Page 5 News List

At Hiroshima's anniversary, US stands criticized

ATOMIC BOMB The mayor of the city that suffered the world's first nuclear attack wondered why there is any need for new generations of such horrific weapons

AP , HIROSHIMA, JAPAN

About 70,000 people were killed by an atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki from a US aircraft, three days after the one that hit Hiroshima.

On Aug. 15, 1945, Japan's surrender ended World War II.

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