Doves fly over the Peace Statue, a symbolic statue of the hope for world peace, on the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, yesterday. A siren wailed and a bronze bell rang out yesterday as Nagasaki marked the exact moment 60 years ago when a US bomber appeared in its skies and dropped the plutonium bomb ``Fat Man,'' killing an estimated 80,000 people and sealing Japan's defeat in World War II. The country's role in World War II is a highly politicized and emotionally charged issue in Japan. Despite the fact that a snap election tomorrow is being held because of a dispute over postal reform, Japan's current militarization could become an issue which voters use to decide the fate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.Aug 10, 2005

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